My Top Tips for Your Finances in the New Year

We only have a couple more weeks left in 2013. So I know a lot of you are planning ahead to be about your money for the new year. Here are my top tips to get you ready to succeed: 1. Budget This rule comes from Personal Finance 101. If you do not already have

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How Not to Blow Your Year-End Bonus

This guest post is from Kathleen over at Frugal Portland. She is very cool peoples and knowledgable about frugal fun living. Check out her site here and find out more about her. -k Are you lucky enough to get a holiday bonus this year? I’m in sales, and we do a lot of our billing

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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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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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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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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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Beauty on a Budget- Handling Oily Skin

by Tonya Rapley As I have told you guys, Tonya is one-fifth of The Frugal Fab 5 and half of the duo at My Fab Fico, a seriously on point personal finance and lifestyle blog. (Please check it out!) Today she is tackling the topic of oily skin…on a budget. I know that I battled with

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How to Create a Budget in 5 Baby Steps

While it would be nice for you to know down to the penny where all of your money is going, you may find the idea of sitting down to calculate all of these expenses daunting and choose to avoid the experience all together. This is especially true if you are new to reining in your

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Saving Money During Visits from Friends and Family

by Tonya Rapley This guest post is from Tonya 1/2 of My Fab Fico (Victoria is the other half) and one-fifth of my Frugal Fab Five, the personal finance group that I am a member of that is committed to helping women get their money right. This post  is really helpful if you love having

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It’s Never Too Early: 5 Tips to Conquer Holiday Shopping Like a Frugalista!

This week marked the official start of Fall – my favorite season! But just like dear old summer, you can bet your bottom dollar that autumn will be gone in a flash. Before you know it, the holiday shopping season will be upon us. And if your local retailers are anything like mine, you’ve had

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