LivingAlmostLarge

Happy Halloween. I guess my only little financial thing today is how many children are going to show up today? I bought two bags of M&Ms, peanuts and regular to give out. Last year I bought a box from Costco and I had tons extra.
This year I’m hoping enough kids come [...]

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The Festival of Frugality #98 is up at beingfrugal.net. Looks like a great festival. My article “Dining in can be expensive” was submitted.
A couple of articles I liked were “Top 10 Cheapest ways to exercise” by silicon valley blogger, and “Do vacations spoil you for normal“.
My thoughts on cheap exercise is the way [...]

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Every November the company my DH works for goes over their benefits and improves them. They also have open enrollement. Right now I’m debating eye insurance but that’s another day.
For now I’m bursting with supreme happiness. Wowsa! DH got some fantastic news. Turns out the company has decided to do away with the vesting schedule [...]

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I found a coupon for $25 for McCormick’s and Schmick’s. So yesterday we went to MS and had dinner. I had the monkfish, DH had the bluefish, and we shared the quahog appetizer. I took home half my meal and ate it for lunch.
The Monkfish was $20.95, Bluefish $18.90, and Quahog [...]

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The Carnival of Personal Finance #124 is up at the Millionaire Mommy Next Door. She did a simply awesome job. It is very well organized and beautifully done.
I submitted my question on Going Carless. Lots of great articles. I reccomend you checking them out. She has a poll going with different [...]

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72% of people say they never lie to their spouse about finances and 27% say just a little lies to their spouses. Very interesting. No one actually admitted to lying to their spouse.
I find that strange because there are many people who are in debt, and say their spouse refuses to listen or participate. On [...]

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My DH wants to add a data plan to his cell phone for $10/month. I am against this. Now I’m about to sound extremely cheap, but please try where I’m coming from. First, DH works all day and the cell phone is barely used. I don’t know how and why he really needs to be [...]

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In this article by msn, the author claims that it’s more expensive to cook than to dine in. The truth is that it is always cheaper to eat in. However, it is true that eating in can be expensive.
The real comparison is determining the if the exact meal you prepare at home is as expensive [...]

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I have been thinking more and more about trying to go carless. Downsizing and getting rid of both of our cars and getting 1 car. But DH isn’t buying it. He likes the freedom of having two cars. We only have two cars because where we lived apart for 2 years [...]

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What are the pros and cons of being a landlord? I think there are many. On any financial board there is always someone asking the question of whether it’s worth it being a landlord. And there are those who say it’s great and those who say it’s not. However the reality [...]

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