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Friday, July 4th, 2008
Sorry for the lack of posts the last few days. I was busy finishing up my internship and let my blogging slide. I really need to get a few posts in reserve for those busy days. Anyway, now that I've finished my internship I'll be getting back on a regular ...
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008
This week the Carnival of Personal Finance was hosted by Mrs. Micah and it included my post about my food stamp experience. The carnival is themed around Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I've never watched Buffy but since it was created by Joss Whedon who also created the best series ever, ...
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Wednesday, June 11th, 2008
I was lucky enough to find a Wii for purchase at retail price. It was purchased to resell since it is out of my budget to keep it. Rather than putting it on Ebay or Craigslist I thought I would offer it here to my readers instead. The price is ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
There weren't a lot of entries for the "Passion Saving" book giveaway. I guess I'll need to do a little more advance promotion next time. The winner is Michelle and the book will be sent as soon as I get her address. I hope to do more book giveaways ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
I received a copy of Passion Saving for review last week. This is the first review copy of a book I've been sent but if there are any other personal finance authors out there who would like me to to review their book feel free to contact me. I won't ...
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Friday, May 9th, 2008
It was scheduled to be paid no later than the May 9th and I got it today the 9th of May. It was in the amount of $368 which was somewhat surprising. I only heard of the amounts being $300 or $600, I wasn't aware they did amounts in between ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
The Carnival of Personal Finance is being hosted this week at Lazy Man and Money. It includes my post "Save Money,Save the Planet, By Not Having Kids." The Festival of Frugality is being hosted at Sound Money Matters. It includes my post "Tracking Every Penny and My Non-Budget." There are ...
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Thursday, April 24th, 2008
Sometimes I am pleasantly surprised when I blog about a company and then get a response from that company. My blogs only get a few thousand visitors per month, they don't get anywhere near the traffic of the major blogs but they somehow get the attention of these companies. I ...
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Friday, April 18th, 2008
Today I was offered an internship working for the Missouri State Public Defender's office which I accepted. I'm looking forward to putting some of the knowledge I've acquired in 5 semesters of law school to practical use. Since I'm Missouri Rule 13 eligible I should get the opportunity to appear ...
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Tuesday, April 15th, 2008
The latest Festival of Frugality is being hosted at Rather-be-Shopping blog. It includes my post "Forced Frugality". Some of my favorites from the rest of the posts include:
Why Did I Start This Consumption “Diet”? posted at Diary of a New Old-Fashioned Gal This is an interesting idea but I do ...
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