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Frugal Tip Monday-My 401k/Retirement Dilemma

Fashion Without Guilt

My mother was the sales rack queen and still is, and my dad has a New York state of mind "where everything can be talked down in price" and I mean EVERYTHING. Please formspring me and let me know, if you have any knowledge of 401k or just want to share your experiences. I have always been a frugal shopper at heart.

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Seniors – Keep Your Allocations

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Vanguard’s Personal Financial Planner thought I should change invest all my retirement money in bonds when I moved it from my 401K to an IRA. My spouse will live a long time, his Mother is going strong at 91 and his Father lived to 85. The bond market was at a high at the time. Stocks were cheap. I bought stocks and a few bonds.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #316- Family Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Crystal from Stupid Cents talks 401k Allocation and where to put your money. “To support mother and father, to cherish wife and child and to have a simple livelihood; this is the good luck.&#. Shawanda Greene from You Have More Than You Think presents Why’s It Got To Be All or Nothing?

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

Tell us a little about yourself I’m a married mother of two teenage boys (18 and 16) who grew up in the country near a small town in Iowa. I just wanted to get away and I moved my 401K money to the advisor they referred me to. Today we’re meeting a Midwestern reader who only occasionally masquerades as Mrs. Potato Head. ?

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Publix ad 2/17 – 2/23 (Wednesday ad)

Coupons Do Work

2 Kellogg's, Keebler, Sunshine, Famous Amos, Murray and/or Mother's Multipacks - 1-10-16 RP; Includes 12 pk or Larger Only; Limit of 4 Like Coupons In Same Shopping Trip. Keebler Tray Packs, 8 - 16 oz - $2.99 Includes: Cheez It, Famous Amos or 100 Calorie Right Bites. - $1.00/1 1 Keebler Cookies, 6.6 Final Price: $1.99. Final Price: $4.79.

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Publix ad 2/18 – 2/24 (Thursday)

Coupons Do Work

2 Kellogg's, Keebler, Sunshine, Famous Amos, Murray and/or Mother's Multipacks - 1-10-16 RP; Includes 12 pk or Larger Only; Limit of 4 Like Coupons In Same Shopping Trip (exp. Keebler Tray Packs, 8 - 16 oz - $2.99 Includes: Cheez It, Famous Amos or 100 Calorie Right Bites. - $1.00/1 1 Keebler Cookies, 6.6 Final Price: $1.99.

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