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by Andrea Woroch
Retailers spend a lot of money, time and effort getting you to spend more money in their stores. Some methods used are so skeevy it might be more ethical to simply rip the wallet out of your hands. While these practices go on year round, they really get kicked up a notch during the holidays. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Spending Money on 12.14.11 with 13 comments.by Jackie Beck
We bought a new dishwasher on Black Friday, and I feel guilty. Not because I went shopping then (since we usually do, although we rarely buy more than breakfast + an ornament), and not because we spent a good chunk of change (after all, we had the money in our appliance fund.)
No, I feel guilty because we replaced our existing dishwasher (which is probably 20 years old) before it had completely failed. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Spending Money on 11.28.11 with 25 comments.by Jackie Beck
Do you really know where your money goes each month? If you’re tracking your spending, you do. If you can’t say for sure, don’t automatically assume that your money just goes to “bills”. Chances are a surprising amount of it doesn’t. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Spending Money on 11.09.11 with 16 comments.by Jackie Beck
Participants in The Dollar Challenge share where they spend every cent of a dollar for an average month, according to the following categories: housing, transportation, food, insurance, personal care, entertainment, savings, and other. I think it will be interesting to see the differences in spending, so am joining in. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Spending Money on 10.24.11 with 4 comments.by Jackie Beck
A couple of folks commented on my post about upgrading to the iPhone 4S that I shouldn’t have to justify a purchase, which got me thinking. What does it mean to justify a purchase, anyway? Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Spending Money on 10.17.11 with 14 comments.by Jackie Beck
I’m not a gadget person by any means, but I’ll be upgrading to the new iPhone 4S for a couple of reasons. The new iPhone 4S has features I would like that my current phone (an iPhone 3GS) doesn’t. That by itself wouldn’t be enough for me to upgrade, but I’m going ahead because it’s actually a better deal for me to get the new phone. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted in Spending Money on 10.10.11 with 18 comments.
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