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Category: Money & Finances

I love reading about what people do and don’t splurge on, and why. Inspired by recent posts by my friends

Things I never expected to say: according to Ron Lieber’s definition in his new book The Opposite of Spoiled: Raising

At the end of the year, I shared a list of things that worked for me in 2014, the things

I love audiobooks, and Audible is my favorite way to listen to them. I’ve finally figured out how to use

Recently a friend and I were talking about debt. (I know! We talk about such exciting things sometimes.) She financed

I’m a big believer in cost-per-wear. My mom taught me that the more often you’re able to wear something, the

Last year, Will and I got our kids’ favorite Christmas gifts on Craigslist. We didn’t set out to have a Craigslist

Bookworm problems: if you want to read summer’s hot new books, it gets really expensive, really fast. New hardcovers run

We’re house hunting right now. One of our long-term goals has been to move from our starter home into a

When Sarah turned 7, she got a sewing machine for her birthday. She’d been sewing, with help, for at least

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