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It’s Black Friday! Are You Shopping?

Are you shopping today? The question of the day is:  are you shopping today? It’s 1:00 a.m., and I just finished my shopping.  I did it all online!  I didn’t even buy Christmas presents.  My son, who is all boy, is very rough on his jeans, so I picked up some Black-Friday priced jeans for him [...]

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The Benefits of a Cash Christmas

My Christmas shopping is almost done…and paid for with cash. This year I did something I’ve never done before.  Early in the year I opened up a SmartyPig account to save for my Christmas Expenses.  Every month I had a set amount of money automatically withdrawn into my SmartyPig account.  I never missed it, because I [...]

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How to Make Ends Meet When You Can’t Find a Good Job

You need to get creative to make ends meet, while you’re looking for a job. The following is a post I wrote for My Two Dollars a year ago.  Fortunately, a lot has changed for my husband and I since last year, and my husband once again has a good job.  And I bring in extra [...]

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