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Category: Cents and Sensibility

St. Valentine is not the Patron Saint of Debt

Posted on February 8, 2012February 8, 2012 by Guests and Former Contributors

in addition to being the Patron Saint of love and happy couples, he was also the Patron Saint of beekeepers, plague, epilepsy, fainting, and travelers. So, if love isn’t in the cards this year, consider taking a trip to buy some honey but I would steer clear of fleas on rats.

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Predicting Your Financial Future

Posted on October 3, 2011December 4, 2022 by Guests and Former Contributors

As a kid, I loved to play with a Magic 8-Ball that was supposed to hold legendary fortune telling power. I’d sit around for hours asking it exactly what the future would hold for me. Would I be rich? (Outlook not so good). Would I marry the man of my dreams? (Reply hazy, try again)….

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Little Green Lies: Fibbing for Budget’s Sake

Posted on August 18, 2011October 20, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

I had just met the Tea god and I didn’t want him to think I was too poor to afford the finest tea and tea accessories in the universe.

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Going to Plan Z: When the Last Thing You Expect to Happen Happens

Posted on July 21, 2011July 21, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

My dad, George, has always been the hardest working person I know. I remember getting up every morning for school when I was a kid. My mom, Sue, would do everything she could to wake me up nicely: play music, talk softly, and turn on the bathroom heater for me so I wouldn’t be cold….

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When Divorce Turns Prince Charming into Attila the Hun

Posted on June 25, 2011March 19, 2023 by Guests and Former Contributors

This deconstruction process was by far, the lowest point in my life. The “we” that we had carefully built was ripped into “yours” and “mine.” Friends who I thought would always be in my life, chose sides and many walked away from our friendship.

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Financial Ed 101

Posted on June 2, 2011March 17, 2023 by Guests and Former Contributors

Not too long after I became master of my driving domain, I started receiving credit card solicitations in the mail. I had glorious visions of myself: sunglasses-clad, stereo blasting, out on the open road to the mall with the wind whipping through my hair, free at last from the confines of having to pay cash.

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N.U.T. #3 – I live below my means.

Posted on April 6, 2011April 6, 2011 by Guests and Former Contributors

For us, living beneath our means is fairly simple. It means we live in an older house that is smaller than what we could actually afford in a neighborhood that, though it is perfectly safe, is probably not as desirable as one we’d like to live in. It means not having cable T.V., and since we never had it to begin with, we don’t even feel like we’re giving anything up. It means cutting out coupons before we go grocery shopping.

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How Buying A Car is Like Watching “The Bachelor/ette”

Posted on January 27, 2011December 23, 2022 by Guests and Former Contributors

I cried along with the fairytale of Trista finding her Prince Charming in Ryan. I laughed at Bob’s goofy antics but was pretty grossed out as he mugged down with every female in close proximity. I was bored to tears as Prince Personality searched for his princess.

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The Truth about Santa (Spoiler alert)

Posted on December 21, 2010December 21, 2010 by Guests and Former Contributors

Justin would even go out into the driveway and make a few muddy reindeer hoof prints.

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