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  • A Better Way To Spend That

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    First of all–hello, Queercents! It’s wonderful to meet you. Preparing my first post, scheduled to go up right at Thanksgiving, no less, was proving pretty daunting. How to adequately introduce myself, say something wise about personal finance, and be classy about the holiday? Luckily, as I was brainstorming and stressing, the telephone rang: my darling…

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    Melissa

  • Looming Student Loans: How to Get a Debt-Free College Education

    ‘œThe chief value in going to college is that it’s the only way to learn it really doesn’t matter’ ‘“ George Edwin Howes For most Americans desiring a higher education, borrowing has become the primary way to pay for that college degree. Flip open any money magazine scroll through a personal finance blog written by…

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    Nina

  • WWYD: Buy the Floor Model and Save a Few Bucks?

    A few weeks ago we discovered our extra TV had died. We had an old (think – pre-cable ready) TV in the spare room/my office that would get sporadic use. Mainly it would see the light of day if women’s hoops were on and I was working on the PC. The only other time it…

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    Paula

  • Femme Economics: In Pursuit of the Perfect Vacuum

    Our vacuum cleaner really stinks. Literally. It smells bad, probably because it is old and cheap and the dog sheds non-stop. No matter how many changes of the vacuum bag, something in it’s mechanical parts still smells like burning hair. So the other day I’m in our ‘œlocal big store,’ Fred Meyer, and I meander…

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    Moorea

  • What is financial success?

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    I started working at a pretty young age. I also liked to excel at whichever job I was doing. I remember the local newspaper had a contest to see which news carrier could increase their subscriptions the most. This meant going door to door to all the non-customers and asking them to receive the daily…

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    Phil

  • “Housing Starts” Curb Affordable Luxuries: the Venti of Economic Indicators

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    ‘œStarbucks represents something beyond a cup of coffee.’ ‘“ Howard Schultz Back in college (circa 1986), I was hired one summer by a small marketing firm in Ohio to do research on housing starts. Even though I was majoring in marketing and had just completed a Statistics and Research Methods course the previous semester, I…

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    Nina

  • Ten Money Questions for J. Mark White

    J. Mark White has become a household name in the residential landscape business. Mark is the founder and president of GardenWise, Inc., a leading residential landscape architecture firm in Washington, D.C. Perhaps you’ve seen his work on HGTV’s popular, Curb Appeal, where politicos and pundits have enlisted Mark’s expertise for a variety of landscape improvements.…

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    Nina

  • Meet the Queercents Intern

    Last weekend I put out a casting call for the Queercents intern and after receiving a plethora of sincere replies, we settled on the smart and delightful, Melissa Eastlake. I was sold the moment the sombrero and story about looming student loans showed up in my inbox. Apparently, her time at that expensive women’s college…

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    Nina

  • Sleeping with Money: Buying New Cars

    Buying a new car is always a project. In our house it is one of those “sort of” joint projects. Because we haven’t merged our finances totally we each purchase, pay for, and drive our own cars. Sure, we borrow each other’s car from time to time and most definitely share driving duties on trips…

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    Paula

  • And Two Wallets Became One’¦

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    Nina had written about fighting over money and it got me thinking. My partner Jason and I haven’t ever fought over money. We may have disagreements about which bill to pay first or how much money we should be saving, but we haven’t ever fought over the topic. I think there are a few reasons…

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    Phil