A Coupon Rediscovery
Let’s get one thing straight before we talk about coupons, alright? They’re pronounced KOO-pons. Not KYU-pons. Do you see a U after the C, like cute? No. Do you pronounce “chicken coup” like “chicken kyup?” No. (Apologies for that blatant misspelling. That is why city people shouldn’t write about country/farm things.) KOO-pons, people, say it with me. [...]
Decisions, Decisions
In this limbo life, I vacillate between wanting desperately to move on to the next stage in my life, and being perfectly excited about the possibilities of a life less roadmapped. Some days, I find myself browsing prices of housing close to home. Other days, I enthusiastically browse positions for me in markets where man-friend [...]
New Self.com Personal Finance Blog
Good news. Yet another mainstream women’s magazine is getting into the PF blogosphere: Self online this month introduced “Save Like Me,” written by MP Dunleavy, who writes the the award-winning Women in Red series for MSN Money and the “Cost of Living” column for The New York Times. Her first book, “Money Can Buy Happiness,” [...]
Super Smart Spring Saving Strategies, Part 2
Yesterday I posted the first in a series of tips on how to save smart during spring, the season that calls me to spend, spend, spend every year. Here are a few more strategies. Tip 2. Put your friends on alert. If you were trying to lose 10 lbs., you’d tell your girlfriends, right? You’d [...]
Super Smart Spring Saving Strategies, Part 1
If you live in a cold weather climate like me, you know how easy it is to save money during the winter; you don’t feel like leaving the couch because the car door is frozen shut, you’re dressed in a down comforter and the ice is too treacherous for anything but Uggs. But as soon [...]
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