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How Can I Afford It?
One of the questions that I receive often is how to deal with explaining to family and friends that you can’t afford something because it’s not in the budget. Truthfully, I used to be so embarrassed...
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Overcoming Retail Therapy Addiction
You probably have already heard my story of when I went broke at 21 years old. That’s kinda old news by now, but there’s a piece of that story that I’ve kept hidden. Truthfully, I want it to stay...
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Grocery Saving Hacks for Moms Who Don’t Coupon
Today’s post is written by the amazing Andrea from www.AndreaWoroch.com. She’s a nationally-recognized consumer-finance expert and I’m super honored to have her on TBM. Groceries are among the top...
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The Hardest Money Lesson I Ever had to Learn
For me, one of the hardest money lessons I ever had to learn didn’t even involve money. So many times, when we think of money management, we simply just think of tracking numbers on a spreadsheet and...
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The Truth About Paying Off Student Loans
Practically every article on debt involves student loans. That’s due to the fact that there is a serious student loan crisis here in America and chances are, you are living in that crisis right now....
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What is your biggest budgeting challenge?
I’ve been asking those that subscribe to grab my free workbook what their biggest challenge is and oh my goodness! I’m loving the responses so far! So, I thought I’d pose this question to all...
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Is Credit Counseling Right for You?
Thank you to Clearpoint Credit Counseling for sponsoring this post! All opinions are of course mine. At 21 years old, I had just over $11,000 in credit card debt alone and my annual salary was right...
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The Mindset that Can Change Your Financial Future
I’m sure you’ve either got friends like this or known someone like this at one point in your life. The kind of folks that like to boast about how much money they make and they’re not afraid of...
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How to be stylish on any budget
I love clothes. They’re one of my weaknesses, which is why I do my best to buy my clothes for free or as next to free as possible. But, fashion trends change all the time so how can you can remain...
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Republic Wireless – is it worth the switch?
I knew it was bound to happen one day and that day finally came. I found my smartphone at the bottom of our toilet bowl. (Not sure which kid put it there.) Immediately all of my friends’ horror...
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How to avoid losing control over your budget this summer
I don’t know about you, but there’s something about those long summer days that somehow make me completely and totally forget all about my budget. I know I’m not supposed to say that. I know I’m...
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How to Survive a Budget Fail
Today’s post is written by the lovely Kelly of Kelly Cox at Home. Budgets, math class and the like use to bring me to tears but not anymore! I’ve learned to embrace budgeting and have seen the...
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The Quick Start Budget
For many the whole process of starting a budget can be very overwhelming. I’m a firm believer in keeping things as simple as possible. So, I thought I’d show you the exact way that my mom first taught...
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Got Irregular Income? Here’s how to budget for it.
Budgeting for irregular income is something that I’m often asked about and if you or your spouse is self-employed or you don’t receive a regular paycheck each month, you know just how challenging...
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Keeping Track of Your Summer Vacation Budget
Thank you to Dave Ramsey’s EveryDollar for sponsoring this post! As always, all opinions are my own. I know we discussed earlier this month ways to keep in control of your budget this summer, but...
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When you’re over your head and drowning in financial troubles
Everyone around you has it all. Nice cars, nice house, goes on vacation, and seems to never struggle. Meanwhile, you’re over here just hoping and praying there’s enough money in the checking account...
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Friends & Money – Do you have the right friends for your finances?
“Ya are who ya run with.” Those were my daddy’s words to my teenage self. He was warning me about some ummm, “choice” friends that I was hanging around. Of course, my rebellious teenage self just...
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Protect against fraud when using a debit card
It’s no secret on here that my husband and I don’t use credit cards. Heck, we don’t even have a credit card to use even if we wanted to! This is due to our belief in living a life free of debt and we...
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Choose to change your money story
What’s your money story? I know you’ve got one. We’ve all got one. A money story is about how and why you feel the way you do about money. How many times have you heard someone say “you should create...
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How to Dispute a Debt with a Collections Agency
If you’ve ever defaulted on a debt before, you know how horrible those collections calls and demanding letters can be. But it’s even worse when you really don’t owe the money…. Currently, my husband...
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