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Odd$ and End$

Family Balance Sheet

Our goal is to always come out even. Festival of Frugality at Barbara Friedberg Personal Finance Carnival of Personal Finance at Control Your Cash Food around the web : Lime and Ginger Poached Salmon at Calico and Cupcakes. I always wondered how they determined our numbers.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

After trying to extend credit to finance the vacation and we were denied (best thing to ever happen to us) we realized we made too much money to be living like this and something had to change. Little things like coffee, lunches, fast food etc add up and can kill your budget. If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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I Took a Week Off…and Loved It

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It is amazing, $45 a person at night or $30 a person at lunch, and we go once a year on my birthday at the end of December usually. But since I hit my goal, we ended up going as a date night on September 28th before my weekend away in Chicago. Food at the Financial Blogger Conference.

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Finding Discount Codes and Why You Should Use Coupons

Koupon Karen

Buy more for longer while protecting future months against food inflation or shrinking income fluxes driven by economic shifts or job insecurities. Beyond sheer savings from discounted sticker prices, embracing couponing promises positive personal progress through pocketbook and community payoffs.

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Carnival of Financial Planning – Money Management Edition #231

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Justin presents Know the Common Mistakes with Your Personal Finances posted at Budget Snob , saying, “Many people make the same financial mistakes. It’s modeled much like Michael Pollans Food Rules with many one-page rules that give short but useful tidbits of information. You probably dont.

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P.E.P. for the Week of February 14-18/11-Planning Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We are co-hosting a bday party for a dear friend of mine this Saturday and we are in charge of all the food. We get a visual picture every month of where are finances are and what we have spent our money on. I also find that setting goals makes a difference. Canadian Personal Finance Blog talks about old school debt thinking.

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P.E.P. for Week of January 31- February 4/11- Superbowl Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I can say though that by using a money management program you are more likely to stick to your budget and your financial goals. Balance Junkie shares with us the nitty gritty on our personalities and how they really can effect how we manage our money. Sweating the Big Stuff shares with us 6 ways we can save on food. Going Green.

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