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Category Archives: Money Saving Ideas
5 Easy-to-Miss Tax Filing Mistakes
Whoops! In preparing for this blog, I realized that I made one of the easy-to-miss tax filing mistakes I was going to alert you to! I moved last year and was supposed to inform the IRS by filing form 8822. … Continue reading
Posted in Money Diva, Money Saving Ideas
Tagged Form 8822, payroll taxes, tax preparation, tax preparation mistakes, tax software, taxes
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How Not Eating a Marshmallow is Key to Financial Success
I recently read this interesting Reason magazine interview with New York Times science writer John Tierney, co-author of the new book Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength. The interview starts with an explanation of the famous “marshmallow test” experiment in … Continue reading
I Bought Six Pairs of Boots and Am Ecstatic: Money Magic or Money Madness?
Yesterday I bought six pairs of boots. In reading that comment, you might be thinking, “Hmm… isn’t she the Money Diva who writes at length about being smart with money and even wrote the blog, the Wardrobe Capsule –how to … Continue reading
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Tagged boots, bucket list, money management, saving money, Skechers, spending account
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Are You Paying Too Much On Your Phone Bill?
We often review people’s budgets to help them find savings and one area that I consistently find people spending more than they probably need to is on their phone bill. The average landline bill is probably only about $20 but … Continue reading
Posted in Money Saving Ideas, The Maverick
Tagged cell phones, ooma, phone bills, prepaid cell phones, Virgin Mobile, VOIP
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Is Love Draining Your Money?
This is an extreme example. I’ll say that right up front but there are lessons here we can all take away. Yesterday, I took a call to our financial helpline from a caller who was having trouble making ends meet. … Continue reading
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Tagged budgeting, financial decisions, financial planning, financial stress, gifts, giving
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What Can Superbowl Ads Teach Us About Financial Decisions?
I just read this article about NBC selling out all of its Super Bowl ad inventory. $3.5 MILLION is the average price for each 30 second ad!!! Wow, that’s a lot of money. (Unless you’re in Congress where even $3.5 … Continue reading
Posted in Communicator, Money Saving Ideas
Tagged ad, expenses, new car, spending, superbowl, used car
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How to Turn Your Investment Lemons Into Lemonade in the Next Two Days
We usually wait until April 15th to worry about taxes, but the time to do something about them is mostly well before that. Some examples include contributing to your employer’s retirement plan and flexible spending accounts. But there is also … Continue reading
The Cure for the Financial Hangover
Now that the holidays are behind us, do you find yourself carrying a few extra financial “pounds?” That is, did you put so much of your holiday shopping on plastic that you end up starting the New Year carrying a … Continue reading
Surviving the Holiday Season
Opening gifts may be fun but opening the credit bills next month won’t be. No one wants to start off the New Year deeper in debt, but too often that’s exactly what happens. Here are some ways to survive the … Continue reading
How Risky is Your Income?
In his book “Are You a Stock or a Bond,” finance professor, Moshe Milevsky argues that how we invest should be based on the nature of our job. For example, if you have a safe job with a steady income … Continue reading
