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Money Quote Friday – Gotta Get Rid Of My Car Edition.

I mentioned the other day how getting rid of my car could save us $700 a month. And while I am still in the planning/figuring it out stage, this quote I found sums it all up for those of us with car payments:
Car sickness is the feeling you get when the monthly payment is due. [...]

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Ain’t Nothin Better Than Free Stuff

Before you go and get all your free stuff, be sure to never give out your personal email address. We have addresses specifically for these type of offers, so spammers and marketers cannot get our real addresses. That being said, enjoy your free stuff:
Free Sunsilk Hairapy shampoo
Free Dove Advanced Color Care Free shampoo
FREE ICE/HOT Pack [...]

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Received Student Loan Check Today, What Should We Do With It?

Today we received my wife’s last student loan check for her education; she finally finishes school in May. Hooray! It is for quite a bit more than the tuition, leaving us with a few thousand bucks to “play” with. My thoughts on this are as follows:
Since the loan does not start accruing interest until [...]

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Thursday Morning Money – Slow Day At Work Edition.

Boy is it going to be a slow day today at work. Good thing it is supposed to be real nice outside; maybe I will go for a walk down by the beach. Here are some posts I found to be of interest over the last couple of days:
Jim over at Blueprint for Financial [...]

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Where We Shop For Groceries To Save Money.

All the talk about coupons and sales surrounding grocery store shopping brought me to write this post. While I can appreciate cutting coupons to save money at the store, we have found the alternative to coupon shopping; Trader Joe’s. We used to shop at the big chain grocery stores, but the minute [...]

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Another Restaurant.com coupon – $25 worth of dining for $4!

Sorry, this offer ended. But I will be sure to let everyone know when the new ones come out. In the meantime, you can still order regular gift certificates from the site. Restaurant.com

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Getting Rid Of My Car Would Save Us About $700 Per Month.

No, my car payment is not $700 per month.
I am not that crazy to spend so much cash on something that moves me from point A to point B. However, if I add up all the costs of owning a car, it does add up to a lot. And that is not [...]

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Festival of Frugality #58 is over at The Simple Dollar.

Trent at The Simple Dollar did a great job with Festival of Frugality #58 this week, picking out one sentence from each post that he thought would catch a reader’s attention. My post “Why I Don’t Spend Money on Bottled Water” was included. Go check out the list if you have some time, [...]

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Blockbuster vs. Netflix: The Video By Mail Battle!

Any of you who have stopped by this site before might have read that I am, in fact, a Netflix subscriber. (Is there a 10 step program for that?). I have been a member for years and we enjoy our 1 at a time, unlimited subscription for about $12.00 per month. As long as [...]

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The Carnival of Personal Finance #84 is in Town!

A big thanks to Blueprint for Financial Prosperity for hosting the 84th Carnival of Personal Finance which included my post “So, where do you keep YOUR money?”. I’m headed over right now to read all the posts!