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Tracey Solomon is Changing How We Buy Our Basic Needs

5/25/12 1:05pm by KathrynFinney
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Tracey Solomon, Co-founder of HoseAnna.com

Tracey Solomon is the co-founder and co-president of Hoseanna.com, a popular automated delivery service of all of life's messy necessities (pantyhose, razors, tampons, and the like). Formerly a successful business consultant and a brand strategy engagement leader, Solomon made the leap to e-commerce in 2010 with co-founder Katrina Carroll-Foster, and hasn't looked back.  Read more >

Money Matters: Making a Little House Work With a Big Family

5/24/12 7:01am by Rita Arens
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Laura Ingalls House

My dad is the oldest of four kids who grew up in a two-bedroom farmhouse in Iowa. (I think there were more bedrooms back then.) (I have no idea where they put them. This was not a big house.) I'm sure they were positively on top of each other. I was interested in Karla's recent post on their life with four kids in a two-bedroom, supposed-to-be-a-flip house. She writes of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Laura made it sound so sweet and wonderful. I don’t recall a single argument or shouting match being mentioned.  Read more

How To ~ Recover A Chair

5/23/12 7:27am by howipinchapenny
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Recover a Chair

One of the easiest ways to update the look of a room is with the addition of new furniture.One of the most expensive ways to update the look of a room is with the addition of new furniture.  Read more >

A Tip to the Graduating Class of 2012

5/21/12 11:03am by elleherr
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Graduates and Debt

It was the start of my first semester in college and I was being led by my friend into my University's on-campus bank to apply for a credit card.  "You'll find that you can't live without it.  It's soooo convenient.  It's better than having cash!" she excitedly exclaimed.  Read more >

Am I Creating Class Warfare in My Own Community?

5/15/12 7:52am by kario
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Vacation Glass

We are doing pretty well.  Read more >

Charisse Conanan and Adrissha Wimberly Are Changing How Millennials View Personal Finance

5/11/12 5:13pm by KathrynFinney
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Adrissha and Charisse, CEOs of Smarteys.com

One of the hottest topics this election season is about student loans and student debt. According to the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, student loan debt recently topped 1 trillion (yes, trillion) dollars by the end of this year. And while there's plenty of financial self-help books (Suze Orman's The Money Book for The Young, Fabulous, and Broke comes to mind), few financial tools are targeted to a generation that consumes information in a more tech-centric way.  Read more >

Newly Married and Bah-Roke

5/9/12 2:24pm by elleherr
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Just Married

The day after our wedding, instead of frolicking together on a white sandy beach, we were sitting at my husband's office desk. For the first time in our three-year relationship, we were examining and discussing each other's finances. $153 positive was what we had together and what we would have for a whole month (we were both also newly unemployed). Yes, we received wedding financial gifts that totalled a little over $2,000, but that was immediately set aside to pay our then credit cards' minimum monthly dues -- which neither of us knew the other had.  Read more >

Why Won't the GOP Let the Senate Vote on Student Loans?

5/9/12 6:47am by Mona Gable
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My Daughter Kate and Her Dad Leaving for College

Tuesday morning Senate Republicans did something extra special. They blocked a vote on a Democratic bill to keep the interest on some student loans from doubling. This means the interest rate, which is now a barely tolerable 3.4 percent, will jump to 6.8 percent in two months unless something drastic happens. Like Mitt Romney realizing that most American families don’t have a spare $20,000 around to loan their kids.  Read more >

How and When to Buy a Car

5/9/12 6:44am by PardonMyPoppet
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Used Car

This is not a scientifically backed up study, just personal experience. We have bought many cars in our 15 years of marriage (and I had bought 3 before we were married). One way we save money is to NEVER buy new. We buy a vehicle that is 2-3 years old and save on the vast depreciation that occurs in those first few years.  Read more >

Buy a Plane Ticket with Twitter. Really!

5/8/12 12:00pm by Virginia DeBolt
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Chirpify

Sure, you could make a charitable donation using Twitter. But you couldn't really buy anything. Until now. Media Bistro's All Twitter blog tells us about TweetAFlight Lets You Book Flights on Twitter.  Read more >