Archive for the ‘Budgeting’ Category
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Ask the Readers: Do Groupon and the Entertainment Book Save Money?
Over the weekend, I was thinking about the Entertainment Book. If you aren’t familiar with it, you’ve probably been living under a rock for the last 30 years. It’s a book that has a lot of coupons, often of the buy one, get one free variety towards, as the name implies, entertainment activities. When I [...]
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The Cost of Raising a Child in U.S.
The following is a collaborative effort with financial writer Marc Brown. Nowadays many future parents are under a lot of financial stress due to the increasing cost of raising a child in U.S. The cost of raising a child is on steady rise. From the moment your child is born, there is a new expense. [...]
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Solving the “What do to I get my Husband/Wife for Christmas?” Problem
It’s that time of year again. Time to engage in hanging stockings and mistletoe. Time for dreams of Kris Kringle and Super Bowls. Wait, something is off there. I’ve given up on my typical holiday-neutral stance and added a little football to the mix. It’s the time of year where things get all mixed up [...]
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Four Tips to Make your Money go Further
If you’re a regular reader, you know that I’m almost always trying to make my money work harder. Sometimes I have personal stories about my quest for a cheap smartphone plan and other times I have more generic tips on how to save save money. Despite all this, I’m not immune to falling into common [...]
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Nearly $1000 Spent in Baseball Tickets… I need Denny’s Free Breakfast
I really wanted to get two things out today – hence the unusually forced title. Unless you’ve been asleep over the last 3 days, you know that Denny’s is giving out free breakfast today. Like in most cases, you get what you pay for. Last year Denny’s ran a similar promotion. I went by to [...]
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10 Free Online Budgeting Applications
One of the great things about the Internet is that free stuff is everywhere. Sometimes you can even find good free stuff. It may surprise you that there are a lot of companies offering to help you budget your money for free. Before I go too much further with the mention of “free”, I should [...]
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Free Budget Spreadsheets: Over 60 to Choose From
One of the most popular ways to budget is using a piece of software that is probably already on your computer: a spreadsheet. While it’s not a budget, that’s what I use to keep track of net worth and my online income. It may seem like a low-tech solution compared to many of the personal [...]
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Budgeting with the Envelope System
One of the popular ways to stick to a budget is by divvying out cash amongst labeled envelopes. The labels correspond to your necessary expenses, savings goals, play money, etc. There are a few advantages to the Envelope System: Those who do better with the physical representation of money can visually see where the money [...]
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Welcome to Budget Planning Week
I threatened to do a whole week on budgeting at the end of last week. I was joking at the time as I imagine it to be very dry and boring. However, the more that I think about it, the more it seems like an interesting challenge. Is it at all possible to make budgeting [...]
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Discussions About a Sudden Expense
Yesterday, I wrote how my wife’s friend getting married is a sudden expense for us. If you haven’t read that article I highly suggest you do, or this article might seem out of place. I got an amazing amount of comments on that post, I want to take a moment to thank everyone who took [...]
