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Link Roundup

It’s been a while since I put together a link roundup for your weekend enjoyment.  Just a short one this week – it’s been crazy.

The week began with my participation in the Carnival of Personal Finance, hosted by the ever cool J. Money over at Budgets Are Sexy.  My included entry was on Unexpected Charity.  [...]

Layaway Has Returned

While watching tv the other day, I noticed that Kmart is really pushing their layaway plan.  It seems that layaway has made a comeback this year.  I remember layaway from my childhood and that it was a popular way to purchase Christmas gifts, but it seems like the popularity of credit cards had done away [...]

A Frugal Way to Spend a Rainy Day

A co-worker was just talking about how over the weekend, her neighborhood lost power for an entire day.  Something about a line being cut.  Living in the D.C. area, there are plenty of places to go for free when you need to get out of the house for entertainment, but she had a child under [...]

Stimulating!

There’s been a lot of talk about the idea of a new economic stimulus.  I freely admit that I am no expert on economics, and I like to believe that people smarter than me are making the right decisions.  That said, I don’t know how I feel about the idea of another economic stimulus.  First [...]

Credit Crunch?

My main credit card is a Chase Amazon.com Visa card.  I pay it off every month and I like it because I do a lot of shopping at Amazon.com, so the rewards are worthwhile for me.  My credit limit on that card is absolutely ridiculous.  As in something like 20% of my salary.  Clearly, I’ve [...]