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• Cast your votes in the Super Bowl of PF blogging

  Posted Feb 05 2008, 01:25 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Housing, Travel, Saving, Karen Datko
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  We've had Super Bowl Sunday, and now Super Tuesday. For your next super fix, check out the battle between Team Finance and Team Frugal in the "Superbowl of Personal Finance." "On the heels of the Super Bowl, we're rolling out the first-ever personal-finance showdown: the Carnival of Personal Finance vs. the Festival of Frugality," writes Being Frugal's Lynnae, coach of Team Frugal.

  Voters will decide the winner. You can begin casting votes Wednesday at Being Frugal and I've Paid For This Twice Already, the headquarters for Team Finance.

  The coaches have already designated the MVP posts at each carnival, but the backup players also provided plenty of good personal-finance reading. These teams have bodacious depth charts. 

  Among our favorites, Team Frugal offensive linesman Terry presented the Savvy Frugality Recession Survival Guide. Terry based his advice on his experience during the recession of 1991, when he was out of work for six months.   Read More...

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• A weblog for those who like to roam

  Posted Jan 02 2008, 01:49 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Housing, Travel, Spending, Emergency
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  We've been mighty intrigued by Location Independent Living, a weblog by and for people who live wherever they want in the world and still earn a decent living. (Imagine working, say, on the beach in lovely Diamante, Italy.) The Web site deals with the practical and the cerebral. A recent post, "3 fears I had about leaving the rat race that didn't come true," addresses worries about failure and divorce, and the limiting effects other people can have on your confidence as you pursue your cubicle-free dreams.   Read More...

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• Is it cheaper to be antisocial?

  Posted Nov 08 2007, 05:23 PM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Housing, Travel, Spending, Dining
  After a weekend flurry of housecleaning, laundry and catching up on The New Yorker, young, hip New York City denizen Madame X pondered a Carrie Bradshawesque question at My Open Wallet : Does it cost less to be antisocial? Like many other things in life, it depends. You'll save a lot on food and entertainment, particularly if, like Madame X, you're uncomfortable eating out and going to the movies alone. On the other hand, traveling is cheaper for two. You can split the hotel bill, and you'll likely eat in a restaurant, rather than overpay so a guy in a white jacket will bring food to your room. Fellow New Yorker Little Miss Moneybags agrees that being social has its costs . Because her vegetarian entrees normally cost less than those of her meat-eating friends, she loses out if everyone decides to split the bill equally among them. But spending money from time to time may actually be good for her, she concludes. "I already lean toward the crazy-cat-woman and frugal-till-you're-just-cheap   Read More...
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