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Budgeting & Frugality

15 Ways to Save Money and Be Green

August 24, 2010

We are expecting a baby at the end of July and I’ll be taking some time off to welcome him to the world. I am grateful to friends and fellow bloggers who are helping out with guest posts. This article is by Dagmar Bleasdale of Dagmar’s Momsense. Here are just a few money-saving tricks I [...]

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Focusing on What We Want Most

August 17, 2010

We are expecting a baby on July 29 and I’ll be taking some time off to welcome him to the world. I am grateful to friends and fellow bloggers who are helping out with guest posts. This article is by Frugal Babe. Somewhere recently I came across a quote that went something like this: Never [...]

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17 Ways to Save Money and Feel Good About It

July 21, 2010

Being frugal, to me, is not just about finding what’s cheap. And it’s also not about sacrificing my happiness in an all-out pursuit of a fat bank account. Of course, spending less comes out of necessity for our family – my husband wanted to change careers and is still in medical training, and I choose [...]

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Cut Advertising, Not Trees, to Build Wealth and Happiness

July 7, 2010

This week I’m writing at organizational site Buttoned Up, where I moonlight as their Savings Expert. Glossy and colorful catalogs and shopping websites are appealing, but they can create a sense of inner conflict: I want this, but do I really need it? In this article at Buttoned Up, I talk about a few ways [...]

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Gems to Start the Year Off Right

January 7, 2010

In honor of the new year, I wanted to share with you a few of the many pearls that are being passed around as we begin 2010. Happiness Is More Valuable Than Money The first is from the Get Rich Slowly blog, in a post called It’s More Important To Be Happy Than To Be [...]

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Why Tracking Spending is Good For You

January 4, 2010

Happy New Year out there! I hope you’ve had a fun holiday and a restorative break from the routine. To kick off the beginning of 2010, I’m writing about recording where our money goes today at Buttoned Up in a post called Why Tracking Spending is Good For You. New projects — like starting a system [...]

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New Savings Expert at Buttoned Up

December 17, 2009

I‘m thrilled to announce that I’ve been chosen by Buttoned Up to be their Savings Expert. Every few weeks, I’ll be sharing my ideas on managing day-to-day spending intelligently. Buttoned Up is a blog dedicated to helping people get organized while keeping their sanity. They provide tons of simple and can-do tips on organizing all [...]

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Never Ask Again: Where Does All the Money Go?

October 20, 2009

Experts are always telling us that to get a handle on our spending we must our record our expenses. But who wants to fiddle with devising a system or learning complicated software? With this low-tech but high-functioning chart, all you have to do is click print. I created this daily expenses chart in my first [...]

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