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From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 16, 2008 at 8:53 am ET
By Jennifer Derrick
I’m a huge fan of reading. I believe that reading, both fiction and non-fiction, is a great way to learn new things and be exposed to more than you typically see in your daily life. If you want to learn something new, like personal finance, you can’t beat a good book. You can [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 15, 2008 at 8:24 am ET
By Jeffrey Strain
Have you ever thought about why you spend money? If you are like most people, you never have. The problem is that not understanding the motivation behind why you spend will make it much more difficult for you to limit your spending (if that is what you want or choose to do). While [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 14, 2008 at 4:00 am ET
By Jennifer Derrick
Every time I turn on the television or visit Internet news sites, I’m assaulted by bad financial news (and other bad news, as well). We all know that the media likes to focus on the bad and, “If it bleeds, it leads.” These days the financial news is filled with reports of foreclosures, [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 13, 2008 at 4:26 am ET
By Cortni Marrazzo
A few weeks ago I heard someone say this when teaching about finances: “When we change the way we think about money, it will change the way we handle money.” This statement made me stop and think because I realized that it is so true. I know that when I changed [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 12, 2008 at 7:00 am ET
By Shannon Christman
It’s that time of year again. Some of us know it as spring; others call it the start of yard sale season. Yard sales (also known as garage sales, tag sales, rummage sales, and stoop sales) attract an interesting and diverse subculture of bargain hunters, environmentalists, and treasure hunters; they are [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 11, 2008 at 4:33 am ET
By Jennifer Derrick
If you’re read many of my articles here at Saving Advice, you know that I’m a huge fan of reading. I believe that reading, both fiction and non-fiction, is a great way to learn new things and be exposed to more than you typically see in your daily life. If you want to [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 10, 2008 at 8:03 am ET
Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance reading that has caught our eye that may be of interest to you:
Discussions From The Forums
These are threads started this past week within the forums which have created quite a bit of discussion:
How much do you usually spend on a wedding gift?
Grocery Help for Family [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 9, 2008 at 6:22 am ET
We’re searching for a new contributing writer for this blog. This is a paid position on a per article basis (it’s not a huge amount, but probably more than the average personal finance blogger is currently making). We will consider anyone who has an interest in writing about personal finances, but it will certainly help [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 8, 2008 at 8:19 am ET
By Shannon Christman
Personal storage facilities are appearing everywhere. Whether new garage-like structures or refashioned warehouses, factories, and banks, all have the purpose of storing our culture’s accumulated stuff. For the “low” price of $39.95 a month, you can rent the smallest of these empty boxes — a space not much bigger than a walk-in closet. [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 7, 2008 at 7:50 am ET
By Jennifer Derrick
Now that it’s spring and the government rebate checks are starting to roll in, many people are sounding like that old Super Bowl commercial:
“You’ve just received your rebate check! What are you going to do now?”
“I’m going to Disney World!”
If you decide to go to WDW this summer and you want to [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 6, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Shannon Christman
It’s been said that when you take free advice, you should remember that you get what you pay for. I agree that it’s important to evaluate any advice — free or not — before following it, but rejecting all free advice because it is free is a really bad idea. (Unless you [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 5, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Jennifer Derrick
A friend and I were talking the other day about jobs and money (actually, we were whining about our jobs and money) and he brought up the concept of Voluntary Poverty. I’ve never heard of voluntary poverty outside of certain orders like monks and nuns, so I asked him to explain.
Turns out [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 4, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Cortni Marrazzo
The other day my husband and I went to a specific grocery store that we don’t normally shop at to pick up some ice-cream that was on sale. Normally this particular kind of ice-cream (my husband’s absolute favorite) is at least $4 for a half gallon — and that’s on sale. [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 3, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance reading that has caught our eye that may be of interest to you:
Stamp Out Hunger Day
May 10th is national “Stamp Out Hunger” day. On Saturday, May 10th, your mail carrier will collect any non perishables that you have and donate them to food banks in over 10,000 [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 2, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Shannon Christman
Lehighton Night at Dorney Park was a highlight of each year when I was a young teenager. For $5 anyone in my small town (Lehighton) could buy an advance ticket for evening admission to the amusement park just over 25 miles away. Not only could a carload of my friends and [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogMay 1, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Ann Hartter
A hoard of junk mail has passed through my in-box and into either the shredder, a pile for reuse, or straight into the recycle bin over the years. It wasn’t until recently, though, that I started noticing how photogenic money can be in the advertising. It looks good, it’s appealing, and it’s hard [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 30, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Jennifer Derrick
When many people today think of frugality they think of a life filled with deprivation and sacrifice. They think of people who are living on the fringe of society; people who make all their own clothes, eschew modern technology, aren’t knowledgeable about popular culture, and mail-order worms for their compost heaps.
While some [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 29, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
Shannon Christman
Personal finance isn’t about money. Well, it is about money in the sense that it’s not about music or biology or hockey, but it’s not only about money. Having strong personal finance skills usually does mean that you will have more money than your peers, but the benefits of honing your personal finance skills [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 28, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Jennifer Derrick
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that gas prices are soaring sky high. As a result, many people are rushing out to trade in their older, larger, inefficient cars for newer smaller, more efficient models. But is this rush to trade really necessary, or even a good thing?
Certainly if you’re [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 27, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Ann Hartter
I love my blue jeans. They’re a pain to find and when I do, I pay top dollar for something that fits and isn’t too fashionable. I then wear them till they’re holding on by mere threads. I do get good use out of my jeans, but the price I end up paying [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 26, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance reading that has caught our eye that may be of interest to you:
Discussions From The Forums
These are threads started this past week within the forums which have created quite a bit of discussion:
Can I afford this house?
Am I the only one?
just wondering
Official Social [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 25, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Jennifer Derrick
I’m a huge fan of daylight savings time. I hate the long dark winters and get excited when we make the transition to longer days. But beyond my joy at more daylight, the transition to daylight savings time also saves me money. When we moved to the longer period of daylight savings time [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 24, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Shannon Christman
“Instead of using coupons, I buy things on sale” is a statement I hear often from people who think I waste my time clipping coupons. My response is, “Why not do both? If you use the coupons for things that are on sale, you can save even more.” In most cases, the [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 23, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Cortni Marrazzo
“No interest and no payments for an entire year!” This statement can stop people in their tracks when shopping and often times is the deciding factor on a particular purchase. But this statement can be a dangerous one if you aren’t careful. No interest = no worries, right? [...] ... ( more)
From Personal Finance Advice - view blog entries - visit this blogApril 22, 2008 at 3:05 am ET
By Shannon Christman
My church is part of a denomination whose doctrinal statement reads in part, “Nonconformity calls us to reject the world’s unrestrained materialism, its sensualism, and its self-centeredness. Rather we seek to express the values of God’s kingdom by a lifestyle of modesty and simplicity.” Nevertheless, in the eight and a half years [...] ... ( more)
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