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• Missed the big sale? Claim your savings anyway

  Posted Jul 23 2008, 11:08 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Spending, Saving, Wise Bread, Budgeting
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  This post comes from Linsey Knerl at partner blog Wise Bread.

  The sudden aggravation of my son's allergies became the last straw for this frugal family. While we had suffered through a summer or two in our old farm home with little to no air conditioning in most rooms, this year was going to be different. Credit card in hand (we enjoy collecting those rewards points), my husband headed to our local Pamida for the 12,000-Btu beauty.

  Soon after he arrived, he called me from his cell phone -- a bit more than aggravated. "Lins, it's showing $50 more than what you said it was going to cost." I reached for my sale ad and realized that the great price on the very last one in stock had ended -- yesterday.   Read More...

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• Budgeting in a time of inflation

  Posted May 22 2008, 05:41 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Spending, Wise Bread, Emergency, Budgeting
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  This post comes from Philip Brewer at partner blog Wise Bread.

  My very first experience running a household was in 1980, just as the last big inflationary period was spiking above 10%. My carefully constructed budget was destroyed by prices that were rising by 1% every month. Since then, I've given considerable thought to how to deal with just that situation.

  Since history seems dangerously close to repeating itself, it's a timely topic.   Read More...

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