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By Request: Five More Essential Crock Pot Recipes View Details
A long time ago, after posting several articles about using a crock pot to save money and still produce great, quick meals, readers asked me to post ten of my favorite crock pot recipes. Since digging through my recipes and typing them out again in ... read more »
Extracted Category: Food
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/12/by-request-five-more-essential-crock-pot-recipes/
No Comments | Posted by: bharani (12 Hours ago)
An Argument for Secondhand Store Clothes, Even If You Must Dress Nicely View Details
Monica writes in: I don’t understand how you can recommend that people shop in thrift stores for clothes. The stuff there is usually worn out and just looks bad and outdated. I would never wear that stuff to work. It sounds to me like youR... read more »
Extracted Category: Frugality , Shopping
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/12/an-argument-for-secondhand-store-clothes-even-if-you-must-dress-nicely/
No Comments | Posted by: bharani (1 Day ago)
Reader Mailbag: Time View Details
The more of life I experience, the more I realize that the most valuable thing a person has in their life is time. The cost of a book is trivial compared to the value of the time spent reading it. The cost of raising a child in terms of dollars is ... read more »
Extracted Category: Reader Mailbag
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/11/reader-mailbag-time/
No Comments | Posted by: umang (2 Days ago)
Convenience Foods: What They Really Cost View Details
Every time I visit the grocery store, I’m amazed to see how much of the fresh produce aisle is taken up with prepackaged fresh foods. You know what I’m talking about – bags of prewashed lettuce, pre-cut apples, pre-cut celery, pre-... read more »
Extracted Category: Food , Frugality
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/11/convenience-foods-what-they-really-cost/
No Comments | Posted by: manoj (2 Days ago)
Children and Excess View Details
My two children are extremely blessed in many ways. Perhaps their greatest blessing is that they’ve surrounded by a family that loves them dearly and truly cares about their future in a deep, fundamental way – and I’m not merely ta... read more »
Extracted Category: Parenting
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/10/children-and-excess/
No Comments | Posted by: bharani (3 Days ago)
The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Single Weekend Edition View Details
A weird sequence of events has caused me to find myself all alone over the coming weekend. My wife is visiting her sister, while my two children are visiting their grandparents. This leaves me with two full days without any real responsibilities. O... read more »
Extracted Category: Morning Roundup
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/10/the-simple-dollar-weekly-roundup-single-weekend-edition/
No Comments | Posted by: rameshwar (3 Days ago)
Where Do You Want to Be In Five Years? How Do You Get There? View Details
I’m going to share with you excerpts from seven different emails I’ve received from readers in the last few days. Kenny: I listened to your radio discussion with Vicki Robin and I was really intrigued by the whole five year plan. I have ... read more »
Extracted Category: Getting Started
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/09/where-do-you-want-to-be-in-five-years-how-do-you-get-there/
No Comments | Posted by: ankur (4 Days ago)
Mortgage Half Payments: How Much Do They Save? View Details
One frequent question I’m often asked is whether or not paying half of a mortgage payment twice a month versus paying a full mortgage payment once a month is actually worthwhile. Let’s say, for example, you’re in the situation tha... read more »
Extracted Category: Debt
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/09/mortgage-half-payments-how-much-do-they-save/
No Comments | Posted by: Mahesh (4 Days ago)
The Cult of the New View Details
2010 has seen a ton of books released already that I’d love to read, from The Politician by Andrew Young to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. (I happen to be passionate about books, of course – perhaps your passion ... read more »
Extracted Category: Getting Started , Psychology
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/08/the-cult-of-the-new/
No Comments | Posted by: ankur (4 Days ago)
Reader Mailbag: The Nascent Musician View Details
My two year old daughter is showing a tremendous nascent interest in making music. She sings constantly. She uses her hands as percussion all the time on her knees, on the table, and anywhere else she can use them. She climbs up to our keyboard an... read more »
Extracted Category: Reader Mailbag
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/08/reader-mailbag-the-nascent-musician/
No Comments | Posted by: bharani (5 Days ago)
Review: Linchpin View Details
Every Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal finance book or other book of interest to Simple Dollar readers. The entire argument of Seth Godin’s book Linchpin is that there are no longer any great jobs where someone tells you what to do.... read more »
Extracted Category: Books , Careers
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/07/review-linchpin/
No Comments | Posted by: Mahesh (6 Days ago)
Why Was My Credit Limit Lowered? View Details
Jennifer writes in: Yesterday, I received a notice from [my credit card company] that my credit limit had been lowered from $10,000 to $4,000 on my primary credit card. I was immediately worried that my credit had been damaged by identity theft, so ... read more »
Extracted Category: Credit Cards
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/07/why-was-my-credit-limit-lowered/
No Comments | Posted by: Mahesh (6 Days ago)
The Simple Dollar Time Machine: March 6, 2010 View Details
Many newer readers of The Simple Dollar havent been exposed to the hundreds of great articles in the archives of the site, so this is a weekly series that highlights the five best posts from one year ago this week, two years ago this week, and three ... read more »
Extracted Category: Time Machine
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/06/the-simple-dollar-time-machine-march-6-2010/
No Comments | Posted by: manoj (7 Days ago)
Ten Tips for Maximizing Your Savings at a Warehouse Club View Details
As I’ve mentioned many times before, my wife and I shop at Sam’s Club. It’s really the only warehouse club available to us easily (there are no BJ’s around here and the only Costco is on the far side of Des Moines, almost an ... read more »
Extracted Category: Shopping
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/03/06/ten-tips-for-maximizing-your-savings-at-a-warehouse-club/
No Comments | Posted by: rameshwar (7 Days ago)
The Simple Dollar Weekly Roundup: Hierarchy of Pants Edition View Details
My four year old son has a giant aversion to denim, for some reason that we can’t determine. In fact, he has a very strict hierarchy of desires when it comes to picking out his pants in the morning. Sweatpants are at the top of the hierarchy &... read more »
Extracted Category: Morning Roundup
Category: Personal Finance, Source: thesimpledollar.com
Link: http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2010/02/24/the-simple-dollar-weekly-roundup-hierarchy-of-pants-edition/
No Comments | Posted by: ankur (8 Days ago)
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