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Saving is Sexy!

Here’s a bunch of articles on saving money below :) And that title up there was the original one for this blog before I realized it was taken! haha… so Budges Are Sexy it is ;)

14 Ways to Save on Your Electric Bill

May 16, 2012
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I got these from a pamphlet on 100+ Ways to Improve Your Electric Bill, but the others just bored me to death and were too full of acronyms and heavy text ;)  So I plucked out a handful of my favorites instead to share with y’all today, as some of them I had nooooo idea [...]

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Moral or Immoral? Employees Stealing Customers…

May 4, 2012
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Okay, so this is a GOOD one today.  And one that I’ve seen happen over and OVER and over again, and I still just can’t believe it all the way!  It’s such a HUGE risk trying to hustle your own employer out of their clients, not to mention an easy way to lose your job [...]

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My 100x Day Push Up Failure

April 16, 2012
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As you’ve probably realized by now, I get super pumped up about taking on new goals ;)  It doesn’t matter if I have ten already going on, or just one – if I come across something that excites me I jump right in.  And such was the case last week when I came across this [...]

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Is It Okay to Use a Coupon on a First Date?

April 5, 2012
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(Guest Post by Andrew at Money Crashers) Ready for your big date? Your night is planned, you’re dressed up sharp, and you’ve got a wallet bursting with cash. No? Money’s tight these days? Good thing you’ve got a coupon for a big discount at that restaurant you’re headed to! Perhaps you’re not entirely comfortable with [...]

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A 50 Year Financial Game Plan

April 2, 2012
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If you’ve ever wondered how much money you should have saved up at certain points of your life, the new issue of Money Mag gives you a nice snapshot :) They had a whole feature recently on how you should be saving your money throughout different life stages you’re at (so your money will last [...]

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9 Killer Savings Tips

March 27, 2012
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I pulled these out of Kiplinger’s mag this month – pretty good stuff! They even made all tips under 140 characters a la Twitter style, haha… the key to my heart ;) Some of these you’ve already heard over and over again I’m sure, but if you rocked just ONE of these savings tips over [...]

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How to Save Even MORE on Hotel Rooms

March 15, 2012
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(Guest Post by Jacob) During the past few years, the topic of ‘hotels’ has been discussed several times on Budgets Are Sexy. First, J asked whether or not he’d be able to live in a hotel and provided several pros and cons of this type of living. Then, Fabulously Broke chimed in with a great [...]

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To Solar, or Not to Solar?

March 5, 2012
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Oh man, I just got off the phone with a rep from Solar City, and I am sooooooo tempted right now to grab some solar panels for the roof!!!  I can’t believe how easy and SIMPLE it all seems, and they even have a $0 down deal too! (No, this is not an ad, haha…) [...]

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10 Awesomely Manly Un-Piggy Banks

February 27, 2012

I came across this DOPE grenade bank the other day, where you actually have to break it open in order to get your money back (I envision throwing it across the room! Haha…), and figured there must be some other cool banks out there I’ve been missing too. So I started poking around a little [...]

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Growing Beards and Saving Monies

January 20, 2012
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Two weeks ago I decided that I was gonna start growing a beard for the first time in my life.  At first it was just cuz I was being lazy and enjoying the newly found freedom of having less projects on my plate, but after a few days of missing my “shave time,” I decided [...]

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