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Breakfast Ideas and Menu Planning Tips

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Some of my recent posts at Money Crashers: "You have five minutes before you need to head out the door to make it to work on time, and you haven’t eaten anything for breakfast. The website strives to educate individuals in making wise choices about credit and debt, investing, education, real estate, insurance, spending, and more."

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Yes Virginia, There is a Money Tree

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Put the savings you made at the grocery with coupons into the savings account. Once you have saved a base amount, branch out to put additional money into the stock and bond markets, real estate and other types investments that will grow your money faster than a secure savings account. Keep saving.

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

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The best part is, people interested in your work will pay you for rights to your photo. ” Jason presents Why We Didn’t Sell Our Car on Craigslist posted at Work Save Live , saying, “Last week I detailed why we considered buying a car through CarMax, and I wanted to do a follow-up on a service of theirs that we actually used.

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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

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For other receipts from a credit card for example, groceries or gas, keep until you get your next statement to look for any errors. Do you have a method for filing your financial records that works well for you? Receipts - Keep until the warranty expires or you can no longer return the item. Retirement/ Savings/Brokerage Statements -.

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Guest post by Eileen Goudge

Nicoles Nickels

There I was, at the Big Box Store that was the next stop on my book tour, seated at a table piled with my newly released title in the jewelry aisle, smiling my brightest author smile while shoppers gave me odd looks while passing by with their grocery carts. He looked nervous. Personally I think it’s the best thing ever.

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Why Save Money in a Low Interest Rate Environment?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But, I wonder, will that work in today’s interest rate environment? Although you could buy real estate and stocks or other investments before building that backing, what happens if you can’t make the mortgage payment, or have to sell the stocks at a loss to buy groceries or pay the rent?

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

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The Debt Princess: The Kool-Aid Effect: The Relationship Between the Poor & Nutrition – A look into how the working poor are eating unhealthy. – Not only is it possible to retire on real estate, there are many benefits that you need to take advantage of. Read on to learn more!