Archive for the ‘Smart Purchases’ Category
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Planning your Purchases Far, Far in Advance
As Compounding Interest Week continues, I’d like to highlight some very smart thinking by No Credit Needed. He’s planning his next car purchase now and saving money each month for it in a high-interest savings account. By using the interest that he’s making on top of the savings he’ll be paying $7800 for what is [...]
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Ask the Readers: What Electronic Gadget should I Buy Myself
This is not your typical personal finance post, that’s for sure. However, I could use a little advice. I have some Sony Style points that I had saved up from using a Sony credit card. At the time, I couldn’t find any good cash back rewards cards. I’ve been waiting for [...]
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Our Honeymoon Savings
The toughest part about our move across country 6 months ago is missing our friends and family. Energi Gal and I are so looking forward to our wedding in 4 months for a couple of reasons. First, we’ve been engaged now for 18 months, so at this point, we are just itching to [...]
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Car Wash Gift
This past Saturday, Energi Gal gave me one of the best gifts I’ve ever received. She had me follow her in my car to the car wash and ordered the Manager’s Special for me. My car was dirty… very dirty. In the 6 years that I’ve owned it, I had given it [...]
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Ikea Breakfast: 99 Cents
Yesterday Energi Gal and I went to Ikea. We needed some speaker stands and some shelving, but the real draw for going in the morning was their 99 cent breakfast. I turned out to be a pretty good value for the price. I’d say it’s about 2 eggs, 2 very thin strips [...]
