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I haven’t shared a list of recent spends in some time. It’s pouring rain in Chicago today so I took to the car and ran some soggy errands. Here’s the damage:Spent $96.84 at Ann Taylor Loft on:2 brightly colored, office appropriate cardigans1 floral blouse1 jersey knit shirt1 skirt ($10!)The total would have [...]
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For Twitter fans: You can now follow me there (http://twitter.com/budgetingbabe). I’ll try to pepper in deals, tips and links along with the more usual updates on where I am and what I’m doing. I’ll also occasionally look for stories ideas and sources there. A ton of PF bloggers are already on Twitter [...]
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CNN.comThrift fashions on the money during recessionBy Lisa France… Nicole Mladic is the “babe” behind the “Budgeting Babe” blog for “young, working women who want to spend like Carrie in a Jimmy Choo store but have a budget closer to Roseanne.”Mladic said she encourages her readers to not only shop thrift, but [...]
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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. [...]
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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, [...]
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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. [...]
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Last weekend I had the brilliant idea to swap two rooms in my apartment to try and squeeze a little more storage out of the place, rather than get a bigger apartment and pay more rent. Brilliant because while it’s not a bad idea, this was the week that I started my [...]
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When life gets busy, people can choose to cope one of two ways: they can slow down, take time to relax and get their life in order; or, like me, they can take on more. It seems totally counter intuitive, but I thrive on the chaos. On any given weekend, if I [...]
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Spring is here, the market has been looking up lately and I’m in need of some good news to prevent me from starting another ridiculous project. Time for a net worth check in to help me refocus on my goals. The first time I checked my net worth in February 2006, it [...]
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If you’ve been spending all your time reading US Weekly and Perez, you may have missed that the government is enacting some new credit card rules. Read all about it here to get educated on the subject:NY Times OnlineConsumers Dealt a New Hand in Credit Cards There are some interesting new [...]