My memory got jogged since my wife’s birthday coming up a few days from now. Want some free birthday food? Check out some of these for some free food (sometimes entire meals) on your birthday. Some will even give you an immediate discount just for signing up for their clubs. I’ve hotlinked what I know is a club you need to sign up for and included what I understand to be the freebie for …
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Written by Matt on September 30, 2008
On Monday, the Dow lost over 777 points, the largest point drop in history (though I will also point out that if it didn’t even break the top 10 worst days percentage wise). If you were listening to radio or television, you’d think this was the worst financial disaster in history. The negativity I heard was unbelievable, clearly it’s time to panic!
Not so fast… Here we …
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Written by Matt on September 30, 2008
With the recent failure of Washington Mutual, a lot of people are worried about their money. Should we be taking our money out of the bank so that it won’t disappear in a bank failure?
The answer is a very clear no. Thanks to the FDIC (created in 1933), insured accounts are safe in the bank up to $100,000 ($200,000 if a joint account with your spouse). Generally, …
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Written by Matt on September 30, 2008
Why is this step important?
I spent my 20’s not paying much attention to my finances. If I needed something, I’d put it on my credit card without a thought. My wife and I both had good incomes, our mortgage was low, I never even considered that I was slowly digging myself deeper into debt. When we had a child we lost my wife’s income and suddenly it hit me… Where did all my money go?
When I took a hard look at my …
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Posted under Budgeting, Series
Written by Matt on September 29, 2008
The main goal of this blog is to help others learn to tame their money. Starting today, I will be posting what I’ve learned on my journey and try to share what I can to help others along. I hope that you will comment and ask questions. This is going to be a positive place where we can encourage and help each other along this journey, and I am glad that you are coming along on it.
I know my journey …
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Written by Matt on September 29, 2008
