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Budgeting tip of the day

Brown craft paper is a perfectly fine substitute for wrapping paper. Really.

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Quote from Rachel at Small Notebook

I used to think being frugal was spending as little money as possible — but that’s just being cheap. Rachel, at the positively delightful Small Notebook

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Excellent post from Trent, at The Simple Dollar

Excellent post from Trent, at The Simple Dollar: A Step-By-Step Guide to Building a Big, Healthy Emergency Fund. If you know you should have an emergency fund, but aren’t quite sure where to start, check out this post.

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Thanks for your patience!

Thanks for your patience over the last 48 hours. I think everything’s back to normal now. I’m e-mailing those of you who’d asked for a “wake-up call” when we came back online. But if any of you have any problems, please e-mail me (charlie@pearbudget.com) and let me know. Thanks again!

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And an update to the update

And an update to the update. (See below if you hadn’t seen the original update.) The server is back up, but there’s an issue with our security certificate (I’ll explain). But everything’s secure … and we’re working with Media Temple to get everything resolved with the security cert. So, hopefully you know that you should […]

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A quick update

A quick update on the server downtime from yesterday. Our hosting company, Media Temple, reports that they’re continuing to have trouble with their servers. We’re incredibly frustrated by their poor support on this matter, and are planning on moving our hosting to a more stable provider. We know that many of you try to do […]

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