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    Thursday, June 26, 2008 Turning Off the Gas Didn’t Work (12 clicks)
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June 26, 2008 at 7:14 pm ET Last year I was able to successfully turn off my gas and save some money during the summer. I tried to do that again this year but my landlord was uncooperative. He didn’t want to ... (more) Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Latest Carnival and Festival Picks (1 click)
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June 25, 2008 at 10:41 am ET This week the Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted by Mrs. Micah and it included my post about my food stamp experience. The carnival is themed around Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I’ve never watched Buffy ... (more) Monday, June 23, 2008 From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 23, 2008 at 7:41 pm ET When I logged into my latest bank account today I expected to see a bonus of $50 credited to my account. Instead there was a credit of $150. I don’t have the terms of the ... (more) Friday, June 20, 2008 Accelerating My Internship (4 clicks)
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June 20, 2008 at 10:06 pm ET My original plan was to work at my internship through the end of July. I’ve changed my mind and hope to wrap up my internship in the next two weeks. I just have to put ... (more) Thursday, June 19, 2008 June Credit Score (7 clicks)
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June 19, 2008 at 12:18 pm ET My credit score for June is 710 down from 719 the month before. This is still a decent credit score but way down from the high of 781 earlier this year. I’m assuming this drop ... (more) Tuesday, June 17, 2008 How I Couldn’t Find $10,000 Per Year If I Had To (18 clicks)
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June 17, 2008 at 4:31 pm ET JLP at All Financial Matters posted how he could “find” an extra $13,000 per year if he had to and Flexo at Consumerism Commentary followed up with how he could find $10,000 per year if ... (more) Monday, June 16, 2008 More Love for the Hoopty (26 clicks)
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June 16, 2008 at 5:14 pm ET If you’re a regular reader of this blog than you know that I have a hoopty(beat up old car) and think it is one of the better forms of frugal transportation. Trent at The Simple ... (more) Wednesday, June 11, 2008 Nintendo Wii for Sale (25 clicks)
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June 11, 2008 at 5:36 pm ET I was lucky enough to find a Wii for purchase at retail price. It was purchased to resell since it is out of my budget to keep it. Rather than putting it on Ebay or ... (more) My Food Stamp Experience (5 clicks)
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June 11, 2008 at 9:55 am ET Last month I read a post at Living Almost Large titled “Still Hungry with Food Stamps“. It was in response to this CNN article about a woman who found it difficult to feed her and ... (more) Tuesday, June 10, 2008 Gas Saving Challenge (1 click)
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June 10, 2008 at 6:54 pm ET David from David Makes Cents and Sean from Financial Ramblings recently had a gas saving challenge. The goal was to see who could get the larger percentage improvement over the EPA MPG estimates. David managed ... (more) Monday, June 9, 2008 May Investment Income (6 clicks)
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June 9, 2008 at 5:40 pm ET My investment income for May came to $27.66. This is a very small increase from $27.50 for April. I didn’t contribute any money to my Roth IRA. I forgot to include my 401k last month ... (more) Friday, June 6, 2008 May Income (11 clicks)
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June 6, 2008 at 5:17 pm ET Here is a breakdown of my income for May.
Job
$728.39
Online Income
$392.65
Stimulus Payment
$368.00
Gambling
$64.00
Survey/Half
$46.58
Bank/Other Bonuses
$167.99
Interest
$45.24
Gift Card Promo
$52.15
Total
$1865.00
I’m quite pleased with the total. I only worked part time but my online income and other alternative income helped give me ... (more) Wednesday, June 4, 2008 From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 4, 2008 at 11:26 am ET Here is a breakdown of my expenses in May.
Household
$392.78
Utilities
$90.95
Transportation
$242.35
Food
$68.43
Entertainment
$75.79
Student Loan Debt
$97.00
Total
$967.30
I finally got my expenses back down under the $1000 mark. Expenses should be pretty much the same in June. I do make a 3 ... (more) Tuesday, June 3, 2008 From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 3, 2008 at 5:00 pm ET Over at MyMoneyBlog, Jonathan did a post on delivering pizza to make extra money. Delivering pizza is often mentioned as a good side job to make extra money. Information about the job isn’t always accurate ... (more) From Tight Fisted Miser - view blog entries - visit this blog
June 3, 2008 at 11:48 am ET I’m still on track with my goal of not incurring any new debt other than student loan debt. My other goals aren’t going so well. I lost 3 pounds in May which means I now ... (more) Monday, June 2, 2008 “Passion Saving” Winner (6 clicks)
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June 2, 2008 at 6:20 pm ET There weren’t a lot of entries for the “Passion Saving” book giveaway. I guess I’ll need to do a little more advance promotion next time. The winner is Michelle and the book will be ... (more) Saturday, May 31, 2008 Still in Law School (6 clicks)
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May 31, 2008 at 10:32 am ET I’ve gotten all but one of my grades for the spring semester. Anything better than an F in my last class will be good enough for me to continue in law school and get off ... (more) Friday, May 30, 2008 Passion Saving: Review and Giveaway (6 clicks)
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May 30, 2008 at 3:40 pm ET I received a copy of Passion Saving for review last week. This is the first review copy of a book I’ve been sent but if there are any other personal finance authors out there who ... (more) Thursday, May 29, 2008 Turning Off the Gas Again (2 clicks)
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May 29, 2008 at 11:35 am ET If you’ve been reading this blog for a while then you may remember my post “Taking Cold Showers to Save $45 a Month” which was about my turning off my natural gas last summer to ... (more) Wednesday, May 28, 2008 A Gas-Saving Device (3 clicks)
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May 28, 2008 at 11:19 am ET On an email list I belong to a member was recommending this gas-saving device. It apparently works like the fuel economy gauge that many cars have in them already but supposedly is more accurate. It ... (more) Tuesday, May 27, 2008 More On the Six Questions (7 clicks)
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May 27, 2008 at 6:18 pm ET Sorry for the lack of posts the last few days. It has been harder than I thought to keep up with my blogging while working during the week and commuting back home for the weekend.
I ... (more) Friday, May 23, 2008 Frugality Isn’t About Denial (7 clicks)
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May 23, 2008 at 5:17 pm ET Many people have a warped view of what frugality is. When I talk to my friend about saving money he just replies that he wants to enjoy his money now while he’s young not wait ... (more) Thursday, May 22, 2008 May Credit Score (23 clicks)
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May 22, 2008 at 5:28 pm ET My credit score for May is 719 which is down from last month’s score of 737. The 737 score in April was down from 781in March which was a large drop. That drop was presumably ... (more) Tuesday, May 20, 2008 Internship Update (7 clicks)
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May 20, 2008 at 6:55 pm ET I started my internship with the Public Defender’s office yesterday. It looks like I’m going to be doing quite a variety of things. I’m only going to be working half days eventually but right now ... (more) Friday, May 16, 2008 Six Questions to Ask Before Spending Money (5 clicks)
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May 16, 2008 at 2:33 pm ET These six questions are from the book “How to Survive Without a Salary” by Charles Long. The questions are part of the process of examining your needs before spending money.
What’s the problem?
Who needs it?
What would ... (more) Items 132 - 156 of 204
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