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My New Frugal/Cheap Cell Phone Plan
I’ve hinted on here a few times that I have a plan for getting a smartphone while reducing my cell phone costs but hadn’t implemented it yet – it finally looks like my new plan will be starting soon! Several months ago I got in line for a spot in Republic Wireless‘s beta wave, which just reopened a week ago. Signing up with a new company with a new cell model is rather risky as the plan … Read entire article »
Five Money-Saving Moves from Our Wedding
As wedding season 2012 has been heating up, I’ve seen more and more PF-blogger-brides (yet to see a groom) discuss their wedding budgets or various aspects of planning. It’s caused me to reflect on our wedding from 2010, which was not at all an inexpensive undertaking. To this day I don’t know how much money was spent on our wedding because some costs have not been disclosed to us by our parents and some small … Read entire article »
Filed under: budgeting, choices, featured, luxuries, marriage, spending, values
Why You Should Save for Retirement While In Graduate School Part 1
aka Why You Should Save For Retirement Even with a Low Income This two-part post is intended to inspire graduate students who are currently not saving for retirement to start. The graduate students I refer to in this post are those who are being paid a living wage while in school – that is, they are not taking out loans for tuition or living expenses and can keep their must-have living expenses (rent, utilities, food, etc.) … Read entire article »
Filed under: choices, featured, grad school, retirement
My Biggest Financial Mistake and Why I’m Glad I Made It
You’re going to think I’m really dumb when you read this. You might even want to take away my PF blogger card. My mistake was a doozy. I’ll just say that I made it several years ago when I was just figuring out my finances and I was a lot less involved than I am now. And Kyle wasn’t around to catch the mistake. Summer 2007. I had just graduated from college and started my first … Read entire article »
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Private School Angst
Kyle and I received an excellent undergraduate education a private college – a very, very expensive private college (it’s on this list). Our college was an absolutely perfect choice for me. There are only around three institutions in the country that offer a similar educational setting and none are in nearly as desirable a location. For my personality, my academic interests, and my career aspirations – and my love of warm weather – it was very … Read entire article »
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