R on October 6th, 2008

It is October and, if it hasn’t already, the holiday season will soon start creeping up on us. We will see merchandise in the stores, ads on TV, decorations around town. I love the festivity of the season - the music, the scents (cinnamon, pine, cookies baking), the lights and even sometimes the [...]

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R on October 2nd, 2008

As always, some great articles were written this week in the world of personal finance. Some of my favorite links came from the Finance Fiesta, hosted by the Mighty Bargain Hunter. Be sure to check these out:
Art of the Coupon:Why I am Glad We’ve Had Some Financial Struggles
I really enjoyed reading this one [...]

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R on October 1st, 2008

I’ve been selling on eBay since its first year. It wasn’t quite as easy back then; PayPal didn’t exist, you had to host your own pictures, and if you wanted any text formatting you had to know HTML. I suppose, in hindsight, that may have been a barrier to entry for some sellers [...]

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R on September 25th, 2008

This week I had articles that appeared in the Carnival of Personal Finance and the Festival of Frugality. As usual, both are great resources with many thought-provoking articles. Some of my favorite articles include:
My Dollar Plan: 29 Steps I Took to Leave the Workforce at Age 29
This is an incredible story - be [...]

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R on September 23rd, 2008

Welcome new readers coming over from the MSN Money Smart Spending article. You may be interested to see the original article referenced, When What you Really Want Costs More: Is the Price Ratio Worth It?. Please feel free to look around; I hope that you will find something of value here. [...]

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