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Tipping Etiquette: Included Gratuity Pros & Cons
One of my favorite things about dining abroad and in high end restaurants is the fact that service is often included. It’s a refreshing change of pace to reach the end of a fine meal, hand over a credit card and be done without having to bother with math. Sure, I work with spreadsheets and…
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Femme Economics: Big House
I’ll admit, this is more of a rant and a survey than anything informational. I’m looking forward to making a family. We’re in the very beginning stages of planning the future but I can’˜t stop thinking about it. One of the biggest things I am obsessing on is wanting a Big House. But this wanting…
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WWYD: Workplace Email Transgressions
Someone takes credit for your work. A project falls short of its objectives. When the boss asks how this happened, your co-worker throws you under the bus. Social ineptitude. Imperious demands. Hostile feedback. The workplace is replete with surprises, and often they appear in our inbox. So how do you respond? When my instructor for…
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How is Money Gendered?
This week, Dawn at Frugal for Life has written a great post bringing together some thoughts and comments about gender and frugality. Though it might be true that more women than men think about frugality, Dawn looks at the ways women are compelled to spend’”because they are the primary buyers for families, because they’ve…
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Money Moments on Oprah’s Big Give: Episode 1 – Los Angeles
This Sunday a new show premiered on ABC TV entitled “Oprah’s Big Give“. Ten people have been given the chance to participate in a show that aspires to change people’s lives. These participants have to find creative ways to help people in need. In the end there will be one person who…
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Filing an Amended Tax Return: Obnoxious!
There’s only one activity I enjoy more than the slow, tooth-pulling agony of preparing my taxes: Preparing my taxes twice. Lucky me! I just found out that I need to file an amended tax return for 2007, a realization that comes shortly on the heels of receiving a huge refund. I want off this emotional…
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My Top Five New Parent Money-Wasters: A True Confession
Dear Readers: I must confess the truth: I am a New Parent Money-Waster. Every week, I regale you with tales of my attempts to save money while saving the planet. Economize! I exhort you. Resist consumerism Reduce, reuse, recycle! Resist the temptations of Buy Buy Baby. Think before you click! Did a child laborer get…
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Save $250 a Day by Traveling Green
Kimberly and Elizabeth are the co-founders of Go Green Travel Green. As life partners and avid travelers, they’re committed to reducing their environmental impact. In addition to being eco-conscious, they’re budget conscious and have written a guest post that keeps both green and greenbacks in mind when exploring our lonely planet. These are their words’¦…
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What is Thrift? A Review of Thrift in the Household
This is a chapter by chapter review I posted on the 1918 book “Thrift in the Household” – Here is chapter one… THRIFT is the making the best of what one has in strength, time, or money; getting one hundred per cent, in one’s relations with life. Thrift is an appreciation and application of the…
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“Keep the Change” from Bank of America: Can change add up to savings?
‘œWith our national savings rate well below one-percent, it is imperative that the government embrace innovative and cost-effective means of boosting personal savings.’ ‘“ Jim Cooper In December, I interviewed Liz Rizzo, a contributing editor for the Sex & Relationship category at BlogHer about her rapport with money. She lives in Los Angeles, aims to…
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