Today’s question of the week is inspired by a book that I recently read. It’s called The Secret Currency of Love: The Unabashed Truth About Women, Money, and Relationships. It’s a fascinating anthology from women authors about the different methods they have of handling money in their marriages. The stories there run the gamut from [...]

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One of the most common pieces of advice that I see on frugal living blogs is the advice that you should buy in bulk. There are pros and cons to buying in bulk but as a general rule it’s true that you’re going to save money if you buy items that you use regularly in [...]

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Normally when I participate in a blog carnival, I write it up as an entire post on its own. That’s because I like to share the different articles and links that were included in the carnival along with my thoughts on the writing there. However, I’m doing it differently this week since I participated in [...]

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I recently wrote an article with ten tips to avoid picking up the bill. As a general rule, these tips weren’t about skipping out on your part of the bill. They were simply about how to avoid paying for other people when you go out.
These tips fell into three basic categories:

Getting your mind straight. These [...]

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We all know that scams exist. We’ve all seen those letters from the person in need of baking assistance in Nigeria. Many of us have received emails telling us that a friend is in need and we must wire money to them. Some of us have gotten phone calls trying to convince us that our car [...]

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It’s amazing how many marriages end because the two people involved in them can’t reconcile their financial differences. It’s sad that money comes between us and our lovers so often, isn’t it? So how do we stop fighting about money.
Here are some of the tips that I think make sense:

Deal with your emotions surrounding money. People [...]

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I recently wrote an article about the methods you can use to get startup capital for a new business. There are a lot of different methods (including the ten that I wrote about in that article). One of the ones that interests me most is one that isn’t so common. It’s called a ROSCA group.
ROSCA [...]

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One of the topics that I write about on a regular basis is personal finance. I write about many different aspects of this topic but my focus is on saving money and living a frugal life. I believe that living within our means allows us to pursue dreams and focus on what really and truly [...]

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People who read my writing regularly know that one of my favorite topics to write about is personal finance. I have specifically taken an interest recently in frugal living. I’m trying to implement more frugal living tips into my own life. I’m also trying to find the links between frugal living, simple living and green [...]

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I am one of those people who pretty much ignores every “deal” that I’m offered. What I’ve learned is that I rarely need what’s being offered and the “deal” almost always turns out to involve too many terms and clauses to make it actually wortwhile.
Despite this, I do know that there are some amazing promotional [...]

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