Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
Reposting a great link from Personal Finance Advice. It reminds me that I’ve lived in my home for 1.5 years and I still have to take copies of my mortgage/home papers to my parents to keep for me in their safe deposit box. I am a keyholder for them and a few years ago I [...]
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The Festival of Frugality #12 is available now!
Yours truly is rounding out the end with the post on darning socks.
The tomato post looks good to me. I use them all the time for the slow cooker.
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No, I’m not cursing footwear. I’m ordering you to repair your socks with the old-fashioned technique of darning. I warn you, this is a very technical link, but I a happy to decode it for you. It’s not a technique I personally use because I try to darn the sock before there’s a hole. You [...]
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Jose has started a blog for finding a new job. I’m all for finding a new job. I gave myself a 40% raise last year by finding a new job. I got an email today, my friend called me earlier this month asking me if she should take an internal transfer with our old company. [...]
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I give this meal 3 stars. ***
NOTE: Harris Teeter is a grocery store in DC and I think NC. I don’t know if it appears anywhere else. Please comment your location if you know of other places. Thanks!
This meal was really cheap. $2.00 each on sale. But now I know why. It was a wee [...]
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Woo hoo! I got the lead off! Thanks MBN!
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The Carnival of Personal Finance #37
Highlights I personally liked:
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This grew out of a comment I was leaving at PFA on a bird flu post. His point is to be prepared if there is an outbreak of illness. Bird flu will have a financial toll on the economy too so it’s worth PF blogging about it. The main thing you can do to stop [...]
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I got a Xmas gift in a red gingham printed Chinese food box. If I make a little cut into the top of it, I can turn it into a piggy bank. I am loathe to tape it completely shut because I don’t want to destroy it, but my lack of willpower demands it.
I am [...]
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This article reminds me that I need to get my car detailed. After 5+ faithful years, the interior could use some TLC. I used to eat in my car a lot on the way to class at night. It might have knocked down my resale value, but I got a 40% raise from all those [...]
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While I am not so fond of the Microsoft sometimes, (Ruined my Friday night once and the PM for the product that ruined the evening later grabbed my ass at a party.) I love Excel. Seattle Simplicity has posted up free template tools for personal finance. They look pretty neat. I should probably get the [...]
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