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Check out my guest post on Taming Your Achilles’ Heel for Financial Freedom.   Thank you Flexo for allowing me to post about a topic that’s really personal so my hope is that it helps someone tame their own Achilles’ Heel when working towards financial freedom. Here’s an excerpt: Taming your Achilles’ heel will take introspection and honesty while making some [...]

Over the last few years I’ve test driven several account aggregation systems in hopes to find that one tool that gives me everything I need on one suite.  These include Mint.com, HelloWallet.com, Yodlee.com et al. I tend to look for certain features before taking it for a test drive.  If I don’t see anything about bank level security then I [...]

  The art of shopping has become quite a complicated affair. It has become an art form because on one side you have the business owner who has to keep selling or he or she doesn’t make a living, and the consumers on the other side who really only want to buy what they need but are tempted on all [...]

Given the state of the economy, job losses which can result in significant life changes and the inevitable struggle to pay bills are expected.  However, the biggest culprit seems to be overspending and the lack of a financial plan. Every time someone says: I’m broke… I don’t know how I’ll make it to payday…I need [...]

(image: momlogic) Is there a perceived loss of equity and partnership because a stay at home wife/mom isn’t “pulling her financial weight”?  Given the feminist fight for equality, should women make the choice to stay at home?  Will our daughters revolt when all is said and done? Let’s rehash this debate shall we? Historically on [...]

Did you catch CNN Money this afternoon?  Or what about the latest financial expert featured on Oprah?  Did their advice speak to your situation, personally? Good, I didn’t think so either. One of the issues I take with some of the “personal finance experts” out there today is that none of the advice is truly [...]

Earlier this year I started using Identity Guard to track both mine and my husband’s credit profiles.  Why?  Being that I manage all the money in our household, he had 1 very old issue pop up on his credit profile that we would have been aware of had we been checking his credit on a [...]

Are you looking forward to Thanksgiving leftovers this week? Let’s discuss how to properly reheat your leftovers that doesn’t involve a microwave. After a really good meal we often put it in the fridge looking forward to it the next day.  But what happens when the food has been in the fridge after even 1 [...]

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Updated! Black Friday Coupons: Kohls, Macys, Gap, Best Buy, Target and more! is a post from: Girls Just Wanna Have Funds

Given that many around us are experiencing financial hardships, it’s not uncommon that a romantic partner would ask to borrow money.  Today’s issue centers on whether or not you should lend or borrow money from a significant other. This can be tempting but before reach for your wallet, take these tips into consideration: Decide:  Should [...]

Advice: Should You Lend Money To A Significant Other? is a post from: Girls Just Wanna Have Funds