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Have you ever worked for minimum wage? I have, twice: When I was a teenager, I worked as a lifeguard for a local recreation center. While basking in the summer sun all day may sound like a dream job, it was far from it. … Read More

Updating Our Budget and Choosing Cuts is a post from: Budgeting In the Fun Stuff. I published our updated budget in January but thought it was time to look into what we could cut pretty easily to save for more important … Read More

Secrets Revealed: Your Insider’s Guide to Personal Credit! is a post from: Budgeting In the Fun Stuff. The following is a guest post from Dominique Brown at Your Finances Simplified about his new eBook . Check it … Read More

I drive a 2008 car that just hit 60,000 miles; I’ve had my LG enV cell phone since 2007; my laptop is four years old and I’ve had my camera for almost five years; I’ve been wearing my favorite shoes – a pair of … Read More

For years, I was the type of person who didn’t have a calendar. I didn’t have one hanging on my wall; I didn’t have a daily planner notebook in my purse; I didn’t even have smartphone with an app that could keep … Read More

If your parents were between the ages of 16 and 32 in 1994, it is safe to say they were Generation X kids. Generation X was the age of the new hippies and the free lifestyles in which most youth did not have a care in … Read More

“We’re going to the beach next month,” one of my friends told me over lunch a few weeks ago. When I asked her where she was staying, she told me it was a swanky new hotel I’d just seen featured on Groupon. “Oh, … Read More

Christmas shopping for my parents is absolutely impossible. They have never been all that materialistic to begin with, but now at age 61, they have enough discretionary income to buy whatever they want or need for … Read More

Boxers or briefs? Yankees or Red Sox? Cream or sugar? These are some of the most important choices in life. And, to that, I would add this one: real or fake? I’m not talking about surgical implants, but another type of … Read More

If you have parents – and I’m hoping that you, like me, are lucky enough to still have them around – then you’ve likely been faced with the following question each year on their birthdays, anniversary, or other … Read More

My first date with my husband almost didn’t happen. We’d been following – all right, I’ll admit it, stalking – each other around campus for weeks, but every time we tried to nail down plans to get together, … Read More

Today, more than half of all new college graduates – 54 percent, to be exact – are either unemployed or underemployed; it’s a far different world these new grads are entering as they pursue their first job than I … Read More

To be honest, until last week, I didn’t know the interest rate on my credit card. (FYI – I tend to use a single credit card for 99 percent of my expenses; it’s a card with a good rewards program, and I pay the bill … Read More

How will you guarantee being broke after college? What’s the one step to finish college in massive debt? While nobody wants to be broke ever, especially after college, I’ve found out how you can end up screwed over … Read More