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4 Financial Lessons Your Parents Forgot to Teach You

Saving Cents With Sense

With PNC reporting that the average 20-something faces $45,000 in debt, and Generation Opportunity finding a 15.9 This is especially important if you get a 401K match from your employer, as that’s free money. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, student loan debt has surpassed $1 trillion. Car Buying.

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P.E.P. for the Week of January 24-28, 2010- Adjustment Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Frugal Dad tells us how it’s possible to have a wedding on a budget. Going Frugal. Being Frugal tells us how we can rock the thrift stores. Reducing Debt. Not Made of Money shares with us some tips on how to stay motivated at paying off our debt. By May,the whole house will be clutter free and organized.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #236 – May 11, 2012

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’ Financial Planning Ashley presents Should I Get Married with Debt? KT presents In Debt Consider Paying Cash for Your Purchases posted at Personal Finance Journey , saying, “Are you in debt besides the mortgage? Do you have thousands of dollars worth of student loan debt and/or credit card debt?

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

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Amanda L Grossman presents The Groundhog Day Financial Lesson I am Doomed to Live Over and Over Again posted at Frugal Confessions , saying, “Have you ever had a lesson in life appear over and over again, and you feel as though you are doomed to attempt to learn it for the rest of your foreseeable future. ” Managing Debt.

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

We are both naturally frugal and a bit introverted which makes it easier to save money. How long have you been reading The Frugal Girl? Our rescue dog Ruby, who is not a frugal choice due to multiple surgeries to remove cancerous spots, but who now seems to be on the mend. What’s your best frugal win?

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

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FruGal presents Why you SHOULD sweat the small stuff when it comes to money – FruGal. While in some cases this is true, FruGal has a point here. The Amateur Financier presents Frugal Friday – Honeymoons. Ramsay presents Borrowing From Your 401k. Dana presents 5 Frugal Ways To Beat Food Price Inflation.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #241 – June 15, 2012

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The Skilled Investor , Editor Budgeting and Economics Paul Vachon presents Frugal Living Made Easy posted at The Frugal Toad , saying, “Frugal living is all about making informed and deliberate choices in how to spend money. A passive strategy will do better in the long run. How do you remove someone as a cosigner?

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