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Help a Reader: “I Made a Really Awful Decision.”

January 4, 2012
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This is a tough one, indeed.  Here’s the email I got from a fellow reader of BudgetsAreSexy. Take a gander, and then leave your thoughts/advice below?  Thanks! I’m a real pickle, and my Google skills do not have me any closer to solving it. :) I made a really awful decision. At 21 I walked [...]

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5 For Friday: What Car You Drivin’ Yo?

June 17, 2011

Let’s talk about cars today. What kinds you’re driving, what kinds of money you’re spending – all that good stuff. It’s been a while since I’ve shared the love for my Caddy (the last post wasn’t so hot) so this one’s for all you car lovers out there. Round 7 of Five For Friday starts [...]

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“A Deer Tried to Kiss Me Driving 40mph” (Help!)

May 12, 2011

Woah! One of my deer friends (haha, get it?) just emailed me this below.  Take a gander and then let’s help her out! :) SOOOOO remember about 1.5 years ago when I sent you a question about my grandfather buying me a car and how to handle it etc. etc. WELL… I totaled another one. [...]

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The Attack of The Used Car Disease…

March 29, 2011

My poor caddy is a beast. I love her to death, but man she’s getting old. 18 years into her prime and she’s just not as peppy as she once was! *tear* We went to the doctors the other day (National Tire and Battery), and she’s now a proud owner of a brand new heart [...]

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The Power of 2nd (and 3rd) Opinions

October 12, 2010

Remember the other month when I thought I was gonna have to retire my Caddy? Because I failed emissions and some jerk store told me it was going to cost $3,000 to fix?  Well yeah, they were wrong. Which brings us to today’s topic:  MAKE SURE TO GET 2nd OPINIONS! Especially when you have no [...]

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Remember when gas was like $5/gallon?

September 28, 2010

And everyone was freaking out and saying it was the death of SUVs and get ready for $10/gallon?  Hahahahaha…. Oh man, our society is so crazy sometimes.  I haven’t heard a peep about our dependency on oil in over 2 years now. (Watch, next week it explodes in my face and we’re back at $60 [...]

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5 Things to Always Keep in Your Car

August 19, 2010

I used to keep a lot of stuff in my car – mostly junk.  The new me, though, is new & improved and I try to keep only what I truly need in there. Here are 5 of these bad boys below. There are others too, of course, but these are the ones that always [...]

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USAA Top Secret Tools Comin’ at Ya!

July 29, 2010

Top secret until I spill it all here, of course ;) As I mentioned on Sunday, the USAA crew flew a handful of us bloggers out there to give us a sneak peak on some of their new products. And let me tell you, USAA Headquarters = WOW. That place is PIMP!  Like, the Google [...]

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The Car That Guzzles Money.

June 21, 2010

It’s just not my week in car world. You know how people say things happen in threes?  Well, it seems to be true with my not-so-pimpin’ Caddy these days. I love it to death, but sometimes it can really frustrate me.  Is that what having kids is like? ;) The wrath of the money guzzler: [...]

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Reason #211 Not to Have Car Payments

April 6, 2010

When your car starts breaking, you actually don’t mind paying to fix it! :) I just dropped $270 on new tires and alignment and it is a-okay in my books, friends.  The longer I can keep my ’93 Caddy on that road means the more money I can sock away until I have to get [...]

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