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Use credit cards — and make money

This tip from reader “kara17″ is a good one, but only if you have unwavering discipline: We put absolutely everything on credit cards with cashback rewards. (Warning: This obviously doesn’t work if you don’t pay your…

A day in the (frugal) life - Smart Spending

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When I wrote “Surviving and thriving on $12,000 a year,” some people thought it was a scam. They wrote notes to the editor along the lines of, “Come on, nobody could really live on that.” The fact is, plenty of people…

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The costs of pet ownership (and tips to reduce them) - Smart Spending

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Guest poster Emily Starbuck Gerson at Sense to Save had a revelation not uncommon among new pet owners: “I love my pets, but I had no idea they would be so costly.” The cost of pet ownership has been discussed by many…

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Don’t count your refund before it’s cashed - Smart Spending

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This post comes from Abby Freedman, a freelance writer and daughter of Smart Spending blogger Donna Freedman.Thanks to a few hefty medical bills, my fiancé’s tax refund was going to be sizable, too: $2,380. We had big…

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Have trouble spending? Maybe that’s a good thing - Smart Spending

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Frugal epiphanies don’t always have the magnitude of a subprime mortgage crisis. Mine came last week through a package of naan at a neighborhood market. At the time I was getting over a stomach bug, and suddenly…

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New fiver debuts with a huge purple ‘5′ - Smart Spending

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This post comes from partner blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity. Check out the latest super-anti-counterfeit bill to hit the streets: It’s none other than the fiver, and it debuted last week with much fanfare over…

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