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A Magazine Addict Wrote This Post

February 8, 2012
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You know those people who read like 10 books a month?  Well, that’s me, except I read magazines instead.  In fact, I devour the hell out of them. I literally just signed up to 6 new subscriptions and I’m on a high, baby! It’s the best thing to happen to A.D.D. people since coffee ;) [...]

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David Bach’s new book: Debt Free For Life — Want it? :)

February 8, 2011

Goooooood morning ladies and gentlemen! I got my hands on 2 copies of David Bach’s new book on the shelves: Debt Free For Life: The Finish Rich Plan for Financial Freedom. For anyone who’s ever read or heard of The Automatic Millionaire, or Start Late, Finish Rich, this is the same guy. And he’s AWESOME. [...]

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Book Giveaway: Psych Yourself Rich

January 11, 2011

Oh man, got a GREAT book for you guys today. Remember our old fave tv show the Bank of Mom & Dad?  Well the finance guru behind it – Farnoosh Torabi – just came out with her new book: Psych Yourself Rich: Get the Mindset and Discipline You Need to Build Your Financial Life I [...]

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10 Financially Sexy Xmas Presents

December 6, 2010

Are you ready to go shopping?  At a loss for gift ideas? Well look no further my friends, I’ve picked my brain for my favorite financial goodies out there and I’m leaking it out to the world ;) If I were getting a gift from you, here are 10 things I’d be very very happy [...]

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SuperFreakonomics – Illustrated Edition (WANT IT?)

November 30, 2010

How awesome is this?? Freakonomics on steroids! With lots of purrty pictures and diagrams – perfect for those of us A.D.D. kids ;) And it’s big & hard too! (that’s what she said?) Whether probing the intricacies of sex change operations, the effectiveness of child car seats, or what really motivates people to do good, [...]

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Generation Earn: New Book & Giveaway!

November 23, 2010

Hey guys! One of my new real-life friends (I can call her that now that we’ve had coffee together! haha…), Kimberly Palmer, of WTOP News & Alpha Consumer blog on U.S. News & World Report, just came out with an awesome new book. It’s called Generation Earn: The Young Professional’s Guide to Spending, Investing, and [...]

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Wealthy People vs Poor People

November 19, 2010

Happy Friday y’all! Fellow sexy budgets reader, Andy Hausmann, emailed me this gem last night and thought it was too good to pass up.  Kinda a lot to take in, but if you really think about these one by one they def. make sense! T. Harv Eker, author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind: Mastering [...]

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Book Giveaway: The Simple Dollar!

October 13, 2010

Hey guys!  Gotta really REALLY cool book to give away today :) Actually, THREE of them! The Simple Dollar: How One Man Wiped Out His Debts and Achieved the Life of His Dreams I’m a bit late here w/ the release of this, but nonetheless I’m happy to pimp it out and give some love [...]

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The “Skinny on Real World Survival Kit” Giveaway!

August 17, 2010

Hi guys!  We got a pretty fun giveaway to do today :) I’m not sure if you’ve heard of these books before, but I’ve read through two of them so far (the credit card one and one on the credit crisis) and absolutely loved them! They’re super fast to read (like 1-2 hours), lots of [...]

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10 Celebrities Who Influence What We Buy

July 26, 2010
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Saw this press release come through for a new book coming out – “Consumed: Rethinking Business in the Era of Mindful Spending” and couldn’t help but regurgitate it. Who DOESN’T want to know who’s influencing us these days? Is it Mel Gibson? “The Situation”? Tell us!!! ;) And that I will…after a few more sentences. [...]

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