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FFB’s Festive Link Love Carnivality #5

So we went from wonderful weather to go out for a walk to a snowstorm. Such is Winter in NYC. Here are festivals/carnivals I’ve been in since the last issue: My Dollar Plan hosted the Carnival of Personal Finance – Valentine’s Day Edition where my post Roth IRA Goals Update was an editor’s pick!Lazy Man [...]

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The Frugality of Our Feet

by Glen Craig

So it’s Monday afternoon. We went out for a quick drive to do some errands. Afterwards we would be free. It was a holiday weekend for us so we were able to finish the majority of our errands earlier in the weekend. We could have gone back home but we were getting a bit of [...]

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If I Could Turn Back Time – Money Mistakes I’ve Made

by Glen Craig

Thinking back over my years I can think of a number of different money mistakes I’ve made. Some of them were foolishness. Some were ignorance. If only I knew then what I knew now…well I might not have listened to myself but maybe it would have helped some. Here are some big ones that come [...]

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Sunday Link Tag Fun

by Glen Craig

Stephanie over at Stop The Ride! tagged me in a link building meme. What’s with all these meme’s going around lately? Below is the body of the meme to be passed around. Copy between the copy marks and add your five to the list. Couldn’t say if it builds authority or not. Guess it depends [...]

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Ron Popeil Gives Great Personal Finance Advice

by Glen Craig

You remember those late night commercials starring Ron Popeil from Ronco, don’t you? Remember the Showtime Rotisserie? Do you have the catch-line for it in your head yet? That’s right “Set it, and forget it!” Those five words did wonders for the sales of Showtime Rotisseries! But those five words mean a lot more than [...]

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7 Credit Card Tips From ING Direct

by Glen Craig

I was just on the ING Direct site checking out my savings accounts and decided to check out their tips. They list seven great credit card tips. Check them out (descriptions are mine): Make your payments on time – Very important! Late fees can be very expensive on credit cards and can negatively affect your [...]

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Watch Out if You Have a Bank of America Credit Card

by Glen Craig

Do you have a Bank of America credit card? Better watch your mail! According to Businessweek’s A Credit Card You Want To Toss Bank of America is notifying many of their better customers and telling them their rates may go up to double their current rates unless they opt-out of the card fast. Rates could [...]

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FFB’s Festive Link Love Carnivality #4

by Glen Craig

Welcome back! Here are the Carnivals/Festivals I’ve been in since the last edition: beingfrugal.net hosted the 111th Festival of Frugality – Personal Finance Bowl brip blap hosted the Carnival of Financial Goals III 2paupers hosted Living CheaplyFinance Freelance Life hosted the 110th Festival of Frugality – Simple Categories Edition The Dividend Guy hosted the 137th [...]

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Tagged In A Book Meme

by Glen Craig

There’s a lot of tagging going around lately. Yesterday I was tagged at beingfrugal.net to give an update on my 2008 financial goal. Today I’m tagged by Finance and Fat in a book meme. Ha, I just got a mental image of a bunch of bloggers running around playing tag like they were in third [...]

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Roth IRA Goals Update

by Glen Craig

I‘ve been called out by Lynnae over at beingfrugal.net asking for an update on my goal of putting $8000 into our Roth IRA’s. Let’s start off with a definition of Goal from Merriam-Webster.com: The end toward which effort is directed. Now a recap of my Roth IRA goal: My plan is to fund both my [...]

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