The Avocado Face Mask and Other Natural Beauty Experiments

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In my ongoing effort to use natural resources and still stick to my frugal lifestyle, I do things that perhaps the average person may not do. In fact, when I wrote about ...

I Am Doing Well Financially. Now What?

"Eventually, you can afford to better your life."

You’ve worked hard all your life, saving up while making sensible decisions about your finances. You built a sizable nest egg and is currently in ...

Building Skills for Free

As I’ve mentioned a few times on here, I’ve been taking piano lessons since early February. When I come home, though, my materials are mostly books I’ve been gifted or printed out from various places and I practice on an old electronic keyboard or by walking to a local church and practicing on the older piano in their basement. ...

5 Things That You Should Not Cheap Out On

You can save a lot of money by making an effort to be frugal, and you can use that extra money to do many things.  Whatever the reason, being frugal can be great in most instances. I stress ‘most’ because sometimes spending a little bit more will mean you get a far superior product. Sometimes buying the cheapest ...

The First Payday: Helping Your Teen Understand Money

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Teens vary in their responses to getting a job. Some long for the freedom that having their own money promises. They want an increased cash flow for their clothing end entertainment budgets. ...

The Simple Dollar Is in Bookstores Today… And Here’s Some Free Bonuses for Buyers!

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My new book, The Simple Dollar: How One Man Wiped Out His Debts and Achieved the Life of His Dreams, is now available in bookstores (I just saw it at a Barnes and Noble in the Des Moines, Iowa area and at the Borders in Ames, Iowa)! You can also buy it right now at Amazon.com or order it ...

Promises, Promises (To Yourself)

Connie writes in with a great question whose answer got far too long for the Mailbag:

My biggest problem with money is that I lie to myself. I keep telling myself everything is going good and at first it is. Then I start slowly falling back into old habits but I keep telling myself everything is good. Eventually, ...

When The Bough Breaks: Planning for Unemployment

Yesterday I received the news that so many others have heard, my job will be coming to an end. Luckily, my boss was very kind, and has alerted me three months in advance with the hopes that I will be able to find something else. At this moment I’m hoping it will give me the opportunity to get my business ...

Best Money Tips: Start Thinking About Christmas in Summer

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Welcome to Wise Bread’s Best Money Tips roundup. Today, we share ways you can save money this Christmas by thinking about it now, Father’s Day gifts for under $20, summer rental car ...

Five Big Ways You Need to Think About Christmas … Now!

It’s mid-June, so there’s no better time to write about Christmas. Right? Right?!

The truth of the matter is that just a little bit of forethought right now can save you a ton of time, effort, cost, and heartache this December. While it might feel really out of place to think about Christmas on a warm June day, ...

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