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How to Choose Whether to Close or Keep Your Credit Card in 10 Easy Steps

Tiffany “The Budgetnista” is back with some fun financial tips on figuring out whether to keep or close credit cards. She is super fabulous and 1/5 of my brown girl collective The Frugal Fab 5. Check out her site: www.thebudgetnista.com. “Hey B, should I keep my credit card?” “Tiffany, I heard that it’s bad to

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MONEY MATTERS: “Start saving before life sends you an opportunity that you can’t afford”

Hi, my name is Natasha and I’m a recovering spend-aholic. I think it’s genetic with a mix of worldly pressures with a minor in culture. Or in grown-up vernacular, “I take full responsibility” in how I spend my money. With this spend-aholic intervention, I had to reflect on my behavior when it came to money

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Get In Touch with Your Sensuality: It’s Healthy For You

  Sensuality is healthy Yes, something as scrumptious as sensuality is extremely instrumental in improving health. Sensuality is not about burning calories trying new sex positions. Sensual awareness positively affects health by greatly reducing stress, generating more physical and mental energy from within, and creating an easy and foolproof method of weight control. Sensuality involves

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How to Conquer the Holidays Like a Frugalista!

Worried about over-spending during the upcoming holiday season?  Here are 7 rules to follow in order to conquer the holidays like a frugalista! 1. The first thing you want to do is look at your spending from last year. This will be especially easy to do if you use online banking. All of your purchases

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You Still Have Time: 4 Tips To Help You Save Money and Eliminate Debt Before 2014

I recently hosted my first Twitter Chat with the ladies of the Frugal Fab 5 on money management basics. One of the obstacles that many of us still face is reigning in our spending and paying ourselves first. Get a head start on your 2014 financial goals by being proactive about what you do with

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5 Tips To Protect Your Purse and Your Purchases While Holiday Shopping

The holiday season is not only a time for giving; it’s also a time for taking.  Yes, it’s sad but true.  While you may be thinking of ways to spread holiday cheer, there are those among us plotting and scheming of ways to separate you from your money and all of your holiday purchases. But

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Frugal Fun for the Coldest Months of the Year

With the winter months comes the costly holiday season. The gift giving season doesn’t always leave a lot of money left over for keeping oneself entertained during the weeks when not much is going on. So keep reading for some fun and frugal ideas on how to keep boredom at bay when it’s cold outside.

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The Authentic Life: Three Suggestions to Get There

The notion of being, “authentic,” is common for those of us who strive towards growth, but what does it mean to live an authentic life?  How do we know when we’re living one? And what should we do if we want to live one, but aren’t? What does it mean to live an authentic life? According

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Can You Hear Me Now? Could Lycamobile be a Good & Affordable Cell Phone Service?

Last night, my Frugal Fab 5 Ladies and I hosted our first Twitter Chat! It was great. I will give a recap a little later. But for today, Victoria, one-half of My Fab Fico and one-fifth of the Frugal Fab 5 is here talking about how a new cell phone service. With this review, I

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Black Girls Rock!: “It Was Such A Surreal Moment as a Photographer!”

Having a blog like Fabulous N’ Frugal gives me the power to make change and empower in my own little neck of the internet. FNF Fam, I want to introduce to Nastassia Davis, a photographer and a “black girl who rocks.” She had the privilege of being part of such a powerful movement happening among

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