June 2009

Giving Away 3 Amazon.com Gift Cards: $50, $30, and $20.

June 9, 2009

How sexy is that? 3 gift cards for 3 beautiful blog readers! Just think of all those books, cds, or random toys you can get yourselves :) Today’s giveaway is sponsored by Mr. Rebates: A cash-back shopping website that offers over 1500 stores plus money-saving online coupons that you can stack with the every day [...]

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PS: I made some design changes today.

June 8, 2009

In case you haven’t noticed, BudgetsAreSexy is looking a bit different :) Not sure if I’ll keep this format or not, but you’ll probably see a few changes coming in and out until I’m pretty happy with it. I figured it was time for a change after a year and a half w/ the same [...]

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Bring Lunch or Buy Lunch? I Say a Little of Each.

June 8, 2009

If there’s one thing talked about more in the PF world than the Latte Factor, it’s the “bring your own lunch every day to work” factor. Both can save you tons of money, and both are fairly easy to do (if you like that kinda thing). With the Latte Factor, you cut out Starbucks every [...]

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10 Signs the Economy Really Is That Bad.

June 5, 2009

How about another financial forward Friday? We deserve a break from all that hard work and number crunching this week. Plus, I really couldn’t keep this one in much longer – it had me cracking up! 2 weeks of sitting in my inbox was enough ;) And as always, it came from my dad where [...]

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Personal Finance Roundup: Anonymity, Twitter, & Frugality

June 5, 2009

This Week’s Favorite Links: Vote for me on the Top PF Post carnival! I’m currently in 3rd place and need a few more to tip me over ;) If you’ve already voted, I owe you a virtual beer, thank you. New Respect For Millionaires – MoneyMate Kate hears about a secret gathering among some of [...]

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All financial books from the past 10 years should be burned.

June 4, 2009

That’s what the owner of this used book store told me this weekend. What the hell? What did finance ever do to you? I guess you don’t read personal finance blogs ;) Here’s how the conversation went down (if you could call it that): Me: “Hey how’s it going man, do you know where I [...]

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6 Fun & Free Summer Activities for Children (or Adults?)

June 3, 2009

I don’t have kids yet, but I’m pretty sure I’d be all over these if I did. There’s nothing like some creative ways to entertain ‘em all with no real impact on the budget! The first few can be found in ALL YOU Magazine’s June edition (thx for the tips!), and the last couple listed [...]

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Net Worth: May – Up $5k and Steadily Moving Along…

June 2, 2009

Another monthly increase for the BudgetsAreSexy Family :) The funny part here is that our net worth is back to where it was a year ago in June of ’08! A lot of changes have occurred since then (the crazy economy, the combining of our finances, the plummeting of our house value), so I’ll take [...]

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Thomas Jefferson: The Man. The Legend. The Debtor?

June 1, 2009

Fresh from our weekend getaway, I am still in shock that the father of our Declaration of Independence remained in debt his entire life! From the day his father passed away, to the day he passed away himself, Thomas Jefferson owed a lot of money to a lot of people. This may or may not [...]

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