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Allow Yourself Some Fun Money | 31 Days to Organize Your Finances

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Welcome to 31 Days to Organize Your Finances. We’ll talk about cash flow, budgets, debts, and all of the nitty gritty of our finances that might not be fun to talk about, but are so important to discuss. Girl Scout cookies. By the end of the month, my goal is to help you have a detailed financial plan for your family.

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A Sweeter Way to Cook Your Budget

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I like to bake cookies, and I like to budget. I’m ashamed to say it, but there was a period in my life where I stopped baking cookies. If you’ve ever eaten homemade cookies before, you’ve probably tasted the Toll House recipe. It cooks up a flat, crunchy cookie, provided you follow the baking times. Can you see how?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter Was Included in Seven Carnivals This Week

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Many thanks to Canadian Finance Blog for including my post, Skip the Gym, Sweat at Home Part 5 at the Canadian Finance Carnival #68. Lastly, thanks to Money Cactus for including Marie’s post, How to Bake Cheap Holiday Cookies and Bread in the Carnival of Personal Finance.

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Scarcity – The Good and the Bad

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Would a never ending supply of cookies be as enjoyable as a limited supply? With regard to abundance, cookies that were constantly abundant were rated higher than cookies that began scarce but later became abundant.” Do the Times in Which You Live Shape Your Finances? ” Scarcity drives economics and business.

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My #1 Tip for Trimming Grocery Spending

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When finances are tight, often the only area we can control is our food spending. Homemade cookies ( Healthier Coconut Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies ). Please welcome Heather from My Overflowing Cup for today’s post. Yes, this does require time, but if you have more time than money, this works well.

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Odd$ and End$ - One Pesky Virus Can Ruin A Snow Day

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Cookies needed to be baked, house work needed to be done, bills that needed to be paid, blog posts needed to be written and snow balls needed to be formed. Personal Finance around the web: Festival of Frugality at Cash Money Life. How to Take Control of Your Finances in 2011 at Get Rich Slowly. Lots of great posts. A must read!

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Why One of My Goals in 2014 is to Limit Time with Technology

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After starting Suburban Finance, and seeing the statistics climb and the readership grow, I began starting more websites, and my time on my laptop on Saturday mornings grew to early Saturday afternoons, and also Saturday evenings when I happened to be staying home. I became super enthusiastic about starting and growing websites.

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