Tracking your Finances? What Works?

Monday, 12 January 2009, 16:25 | Category : PF - Banking, PF - Debt, PF - Goals, PF - Saving Money
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I used to track our finances very closely. However the last few years I have had problems keeping up. With my finances a mess I had to try something.
I used Quicken from about 1995 through 2001. Starting out with a version that came with a Macintosh, I then bought a PC and bought a PC [...]

99 Days to Christmas

Tuesday, 16 September 2008, 11:19 | Category : Living - Frugal, PF - Debt, PF - Saving Money
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Years ago banks used to have Christmas clubs. It was a special savings account that you could start in summer and put a little money in each week until Thanksgiving. Some would let you keep donating till about December 15th. Then at the designated time you could pick up your money for buying Christmas presents. [...]

Friday Roundup

Friday, 25 January 2008, 14:54 | Category : PF - Banking, PF - Debt
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Need a will? How about online wills?
Virgin gets into banking in the US by putting it between you and your friends/relatives.

Married people need to make sure this does not happen to them.
Just my 2 cents. Jim @ ChangeJarSavings.com
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Time and Interest Rates

Wednesday, 23 January 2008, 4:30 | Category : PF - Debt, PF - Investing
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For most people that I talk with about finance, especially interest, they start to have the deer in the headlights look almost with the second word. It is not that they cannot understand but do not want too.
When it comes to interest, they as you have indicated you just simply take the interest times the [...]

Paying on time

Thursday, 3 January 2008, 10:26 | Category : PF - Debt, PF - Saving Money
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I get paid twice a month, the 15th and the last day. Back in September We ran across a clearance on polo shirts at Kohl’s. Polo shirts are my uniform at work and at$4.80 each. It was too good to pass up. But it was September 10th. My wife said to put it on the [...]