Financial Friday: When Do I Buy Things?

For the past several years, I have read various articles in magazines and websites about when is the best time throughout the year to buy certain things. Today I ran across this blog, Budgets are Sexy.
They had an entry Friday January 22 called The Best Time To Buy Things. Budgets are Sexy had received the information from one of their readers.

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Financial Friday: 10 Things for 2010

10 things for 2010

By Alice Shaffer

We are fast approaching the end of 2009 and getting ready to welcome 2010. The economy for the past year or so has been such a roller coaster for us personally and the families we work for. This not only affects our wallets, but it affects our mental balance. I have put together a list of 10 things that you can work on for 2010. Wealth is not only defined by the money you have invested but by your personal, professional and physical growth as well. The following items cover financial, personal growth, professional & physical growth.

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Financial Friday: A Look At The Past & A Look to the Future

Financial Friday: A Look At The Past & A Look to the Future
by Alice Shaffer

I hope everyone is having a wonderful Christmas and end of the holiday season. I wanted to share four favorite blog posts with you all as well as something new for the future. Of course, it will involve budgeting, but it does including shopping!

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Financial Friday: Getting ready to start a budget

by Alice Shaffer
As I have mentioned, being a professional live in nanny has wonderful benefits and sometimes a downfall of falling into debt. I have been working with a budget lately and wanted to help others set one up so they can be as financially responsible.
Over the coming weeks, I am going to share with you how to set up a budget along with weekly homework assignments that help you get to the next step in making a budget.
This week we will gather money totals for everything - money coming in and money going out. I suggest getting a one subject notebook for your budget and keeping things together. We will eventually put the budget on a spreadsheet so that it will do the calculating for you.


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