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$21 Challenge Fail – Sort Of

June 9, 2009

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Well, the first week of the Simple Savings $21 Challenge has passed. You can read a bit more about the actual challenge here. And although technically I failed because I spent more than $21, I still came out on top.
In total, I spent $55.05 on food items (not including fruit, veg, [...]

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Challenges to being frugal

July 29, 2008

Welcome to the readers of the 164th Carnival of Personal Finance, kindly hosted by Squakfox. If you’re new to Journeyer’s Chronicles, I’d like to extend an extra big welcome. I hope you enjoy your visit. You can find more of our personal finance experiences here. And don’t forget, if you enjoy [...]

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Frugal Wisdom

July 9, 2008

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The 133rd Festival of Frugality has begun over at Squawkfox. Here are some of my favourites from the bursting “Bare Necessities” edition.

My View of Frugal Thinking from the Personal Financier makes a lot of sense to me. One of the best ways to save in the long run is to invest [...]

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Preparing for tax time

June 30, 2008

Today is the last day of the financial year in Australia. That means it’s time to start thinking about taxes. Ugh. Do you have all your paperwork ready to go for this year? Is it a simple matter of grabbing a file and handing it to your accountant or plugging in [...]

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Budget Review for April/May

May 21, 2008

The Engineer was paid on the 15th, so on the weekend we sat down and reviewed our budget to see how we had fared.
Overall, we did well. We made it through the month without a credit card. Woo Hoo! This is the first time in years that we have not relied on [...]

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How we’re reducing our credit card debt

April 22, 2008

Like thousands of other families, we are trying to reduce our credit card debt. In An introduction to credit card woes I mentioned that we have tried this before, but this time I feel like we’re actually going to do it. Here’s why.
The first thing we did was sit down together and decide [...]

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