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Check out TipJar

If you like our ‘budgeting tip of the day’, you should check out TipJar: http://moderator.appspot.com/#16/e=3cfc

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Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford

Don’t Buy Stuff You Cannot Afford

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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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A super article from JD Roth

A super article from JD Roth (normally of Get Rich Slowly), guest-posting over at Zen Habits: 10 Essential Money Skills for a Bad Economy. He covers a wide range of good practices, like checking your credit score, opting out of junk mail, streamlining your bank accounts, and — tra la! — budgeting! (And he mentions […]

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Check this out

You’ve probably seen this by now. If not, it’s really good. Check it out. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. The Crisis of Credit Visualized (via Vimeo)

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Envelope Budgeting with PearBudget

We love good reviews. We go nuts over great reviews. So we were practically giddy this morning when we read Meredith (Like Merchant Ships) reviewed us, in her post “Easiest Budget I’ve Ever Made: Pear Budget.” You might be familiar with the “envelope system” of budgeting: You decide — at the beginning of the month […]

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Quote from Andy Budd

“Cheap always cost you more in the end. That’s why I can’t afford to buy cheap. Can you?” Andy Budd::Blogography: Why I Can’t Afford Cheap

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