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How We’re Using Upromise to Save for College

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Way back in 2008 I signed up for a Upromise account and then it sat unused for many years. I don’t recall why I never used the account, but I guess it just slipped my mind. Right before the pandemic started, I opened 529 College Savings Accounts for our daughters. Hello, 2020. 108 Months X $72 = $7,776!

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2019 Christmas Savings Club

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On January 25, you might not want to even think about Christmas. Did you use cash or put your purchases on a credit card? It’s so easy to get caught up in all of the bargains that stores throw at us in November and December. A credit Christmas equals: a “how are we going to pay for this” Christmas.

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Merry 6 Months Until Christmas! Start Planning Today.

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Did you pay cash or use a credit card to buy gifts? If you used a credit card, when did you pay it off? We usually use a credit card to buy our Christmas gifts and then pay the balance off in January. Here are some questions to ponder: How much did you spend last year?

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Planning for Christmas 2011

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Since we use credit cards for almost all of our purchases, we are paying the bills now for our Christmas presents. As an experiment, I switched to cash in 3 categories : groceries, dining out and clothing on January 1st. I can just hear some readers screaming, "it is 347 days away for crying it out loud".

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Christmas Savings Club | August September 2019

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Welcome to the 2019 Christmas Savings Club. The club is open to anyone who wants monthly accountability to save for a cash Christmas. I had amassed $70 and thought it was a perfect addition to our Christmas account. In April, we received a small tax refund and I put $100 of our refund into our Christmas Savings account.

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Saving With Shellie

Get $100 in free money , simply by opening a completely free checking account. Open a free, no-fee Capital One 360 Checking Account by 12/2. Make a total of 5 purchases (either signature or PIN-based) using your Electric Orange Card within 45 days. Bonus only available for new Capital One 360 checking accounts.

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The Best Cash Back Sites for Holiday Shopping

For the Mommas

I use it to treat myself, but you can use it however you wish. Maybe even use to start up a 2017 holiday savings account. Or pay off the credit cards you may have used over the holidays. It doesn’t matter how you use it, just use it. Do you use any other cash back sites?

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