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A Sweeter Way to Cook Your Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s a list of steps that brings about a generic budget completely void of any hopes, dreams and personal aspirations. You can’t get what you want out of your personal finances on the Toll House budget. Do you want to help your kids with college? So, how do you manage your finances? Do you want to retire?

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Yakezie Carnival November 13, 2011- November Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. The College Investor: Top Five College Myths – Dispelled! There were 56 submissions this week.

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Cool Things I Read This Week

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

5 Ways to Trim Your Budget For Your Child’s College Fund [link] #. RT @ wellheeledblog Carnival of Personal Finance: Cupid Edition | Well Heeled Blog [link] #. Festival of Frugality # 268 – Cheapskate Jake Edition – February 15th, 2011 – My Personal Finance J. Better now #. link] Crazy stories #.

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Our Debt Freedom Plan | Marriage & Money

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Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that they must be seen as one. Unfortunately they’re not cheap. Start college funds for our two girls. Using Dave Ramsey’s 7 baby steps, we created our Debt Freedom Plan. Our freedom plan has become my guiding light.

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Create your debt freedom plan

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Our personal finances are so interwoven with our small business finances that we view them as one. And as you’ll see below, we also added a few more steps that he probably wouldn’t suggest or approve of, but there’s a reason why this is called personal finance. Unfortunately, they’re not cheap.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Robert presents 5 Steps Toward Post College Financial Bliss posted at The College Investor , saying, “Over my past few posts, I’ve highlighted key transitions that have financial ramifications in any college graduate’s life: The job search and managing life in your first apartment.

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Enter to Win $250 for Back to School + Free Credit Report

For the Mommas

Even prior to college, schools are requiring students to have all sorts of supplies. Credit Sesame is a free online personal finance tool that gives consumers an easy way to monitor and manage their credit and loans all in one place and save money on debt. More details: Education expenses seem to grow every year.

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