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A New Facebook Application to Help You Get a Job

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:49:03 +0000

Over the last month, Mr. Frugal has developed a new application that runs on Facebook that will tell your social network about a job search. Once logged into Facebook, the FriendlyJobs application...

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How Personal Finances are Like Gardening

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:30:18 +0000

Mrs. Frugal and I just got back from a birthday party for a friend of ours this evening. We sat next to someone who is an executive at a large garden plant wholesaler. Mrs. F. and the executive had a...

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Frugal Fact – Tips for Making a Razor Last Longer

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:15:22 +0000

Apparently, drying your razor after you shave makes it last a lot longer. This is because the reason razors dull is in large part because of rust building up on the blade. By either drying the razor...

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Things to Think About When Turning a Hobby Into a Business

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:40:46 +0000

I’ve had a side business for a number of years of printing letterpress stationery and invitations. When I turned it into a hobby, there were several things I hadn’t thought about. As you...

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Extended Comments on Making the Most of a Financial Windfall

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 22:30:12 +0000

I read a post by a staff writer (Adam Baker) at Get Rich Slowly yesterday on what to do with financial windfalls and I got to thinking about how couples deal with extra money that comes in. Adam...

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Four Keys to Protecting Your Property When Disaster Strikes

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 16:30:11 +0000

No matter where you live in the U.S., it seems that your home will be threatened by a natural disaster at some point. Hurricanes in the east, tornadoes in the mid-west, earthquakes and fires along...

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Understanding Teachers’ Salaries in Order to See How Data Can Be Manipulated

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 22:42:31 +0000

We live in Southern California and there’s quite a bit of discussion going on about teachers’ salaries and whether teachers are overpaid or underpaid. Being that Mrs. Frugal is a teacher,...

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Thoughts on Life Insurance

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:42:47 +0000

The other day, Mrs. Frugal got something in the mail from that provided us with the ability to buy life insurance through a plan affiliated with her employer. It seems as though life insurance is...

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Earning Extra Income

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 29 May 2009 19:17:36 +0000

As much as we talk about how to save money on The Frugal Couple, sometimes we come to the realization that we simply need to bring in more money. Tip #1: Sell Your Stuff Most of us have extra things...

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5 Tips for Selling Used Books for a Profit on Amazon’s Marketplace

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 21 May 2009 18:27:51 +0000

A few months ago I listed and sold four used books on Amazon.com for a total profit of $101. I’ve been turning old pages into cash for a while and I’m surprised more people aren’t...

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How Much We Earned From Recycling

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:56:02 +0000

Today I went to the recycling center with a car full of stuff. 34 pounds of glass, a few pounds of aluminum cans, and a whole lot of plastic. Total earned: $9.18. It didn’t feel like all that...

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Spending (and Saving) Money on Swimsuits

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 05 May 2009 17:07:43 +0000

It seems as though swimsuit season is right around the corner. The options for most of us are either to: wear the old one in our closet that either doesn’t fit any more or is faded from years...

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Our Newsletter Keeps Growing

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:34:25 +0000

A moment for celebration… Our email newsletter has grown to over 1,800 subscribers. I’m working on putting a new one together. It will probably go out in the next day or so and it will...

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The Frugal Couple – Episode #4 – Our Parents’ Role in Our Financial Development

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:29:24 +0000

David Podley and clinical psychologist Dr. Joe Dilley talk about the effect our parents’ had on our financial development and how we choose to pass or not pass these traits on to our...

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Saving Money on Groceries – Tip #2 – Don’t Look at Eye Level

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:18:24 +0000

It may sound funny, but if you were only to buy items that are on the bottom two shelves or the top two shelves in the grocery store aisles, you would save quite a bit. The reason? Brands with either...

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College Costs Calculator

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:55:44 +0000

I put up a rather detailed calculator that helps parents understand future college costs. You can find it by clicking this link.

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Saving Money on Groceries – Tip #1 – Take a Calculator

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 01:00:09 +0000

I’m a bit of a numbers nerd. Long before groceries began placing the cost per unit size (cents per ounce, dollars per pound, etc.) on price tags, I took a calculator to the market when I...

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The Frugal Roundup – April 13, 2009

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:30:40 +0000

Here are some posts out there you might be interested in. Trent at TheSimpleDollar wrote a post about 50 Side Businesses You Can Start On Your Own. (He doesn’t mention my side business –...

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Save That Lamp – Instructions on How to Fix a Broken Lamp

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:30:31 +0000

This is somewhat off-topic, but it has to do with being frugal, so here we go. For some reason, a bunch of our friends have had broken lamps lately. The switches for the light sockets have stripped...

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The Frugal Couple – Episode #3 – Figuring Out How to Assign Expenses in Your Budget

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:34:23 +0000

David Podley and clinical psychologist Dr. Joe Dilley discuss how to categorize expenses in your budget when you and your partner don’t see eye-to-eye. This episode can be downloaded through...

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Setting Up an Automatic Savings Plan for Future Goals

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 16:57:35 +0000

Setting up a savings account for each goal you have at ING DIRECT is easy and it will help you really see how much you have saved toward a particular goal. If you will need your money within the next...

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Four Tips for Saving Money on Organic Food

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 22:00:28 +0000

A reader recently asked about how to keep her family’s grocery bill low while still buying organic food. Saving money on organic food can seem daunting…there’s a reason Whole Foods...

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The Frugal Roundup – April 6, 2009

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:31:54 +0000

This is the first of a weekly post on what other personal finance blogs are writing. Over at Moolanomy, there’s a slightly older post going over Dave Ramsey’s baby steps. It’s a...

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Teaching the 10-10 of 80-10-10 to Children

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 22:26:39 +0000

For those not familiar with the 80-10-10 principle, it’s simply an allocation of spending. Ten percent of your gross income goes to savings, ten percent goes to charity, and eighty percent gets...

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How to Deal With One Partner Having More Debt Than the Other

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:19:59 +0000

As people have been signing up for The Frugal Couple’s newsletter and becoming more involved in the site, a question has come up frequently and I think it would be good to address it. The...

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What Do You Expect to Earn When You Invest?

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:35:26 +0000

I was going through a very popular book on personal finance (Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace Revisited) and the author makes an assumption that concerned me. I should preface this by saying that...

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The Frugal Couple – Episode #2 – Communicating With Your Partner About Finances

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:23:52 +0000

Dr. Joe Dilley and David Podley talk about how two partners can both talk about the same financial issue yet not be communicating at all. How to tell if you and your partner are putting different...

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Setting Financial Goals with Your Spouse (Part Four – Checking Your Progress and Making Changes)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 15:30:32 +0000

This is the final part of a series on setting financial goals with your spouse. Our first part helped you figure out what’s important to you, our second part talked about the importance of...

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What Your First Memory of Money May Tell You

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:35:34 +0000

I read Trent’s thoughts on his first memory of money over at The Simple Dollar and it helped me to start thinking about things. In my financial planning practice I have begun asking couples to...

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PennyPuddle Financial Plan Giveaway

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 01:45:53 +0000

PennyPuddle is giving away two financial plans to readers of The Frugal Couple (a value of $375). To enter, simply leave a comment by March 24, 2009 at 11:59 PM (Pacific Standard Time) on this post...

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Setting Financial Goals with Your Spouse (Part Three – Taking the Right Steps to Get There)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:33:42 +0000

This is the third part of a series on setting financial goals with your spouse. Our first part helped you figure out what’s important to you and our second part talked about the importance of...

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The Frugal Couple Podcast – Interview with Psychologist Dr. Joe Dilley on Financial Harmony

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:20:12 +0000

Mr. Frugal and Dr. Joe Dilley talk about how to keep intimate relationships healthy when dealing with finances. When two people are in a relationship, emotional baggage can be brought into it,...

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The Frugal Couple Podcast – Episode 1 (or 10)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:55:01 +0000

The Frugal Couple Podcast is back online. I have made some changes and we’re moving toward interviews rather than Mr. Frugal’s discourses. A lot has changed since I started The Frugal...

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Setting Financial Goals with Your Spouse (Part Two – Defining Goals You Can Reach)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:03:39 +0000

This is the second article in a series on setting financial goals with your spouse. Yesterday I gave tips on how to figure out what’s important to you (link). Although it sounds simple,...

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Setting Financial Goals with Your Spouse (Part One – Understanding What Is Important to You)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 18:09:53 +0000

This is going to be the first post of a series on setting financial goals with your spouse. Most articles on goal setting (including some I’ve written myself on other blogs) go through some...

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Five Financial Tips For the Engaged or Newly Married

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:16:35 +0000

Everyone has different questions when they hear someone is getting married. When Mrs. Frugal and I got married, the questions tended to revolve around the ceremony and reception. (The most asked...

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Giving Gifts on a Budget

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 00:33:34 +0000

Ahh, ’tis the season for going over budget. It’s so easy to go over budget when buying gifts for family and friends. It’s even easy to spend money on people you don’t...

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Times Like These

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:58:26 +0000

Most of what I write here centers around dealing with budgeting and emotional issues that come when two people bring their finances together. Today’s post is going to be a bit different....

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Beta Signup Page for Penny Puddle

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:27:22 +0000

I’m currently developing a website that will provide financial planning at a very reasonable price. I’ve put a signup page for the beta up. All of this (and more) can be found at...

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First Time Home Buyers’ Expectations

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:30:36 +0000

Continuing on the thread of an earlier post on buying a home, Coldwell Banker recently published a poll that showed that affordability is the primary concern of first-time home buyers. What the poll...

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Buying a Home the Frugal Way

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:30:24 +0000

Mrs. Frugal and I bought a condo in the Los Angeles area a few months ago. We looked at about four other places before we settled on the one we purchased. Here are a few lessons we learned (with the...

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Communicating with Your Partner About Money (Part 3: Have the appropriate amount of detail)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:50:40 +0000

In previous posts (Part 1 here and Part 2 here), I discussed tracking your money issues and eliminating surprises. Today, the issue is deciding just how much detail you go into when figuring out your...

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Getting Gifts

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:44:47 +0000

I’ve put together a podcast (found here through iTunes) that discusses the issues couples deal with when combining finances. Today, I talked about getting gifts from parents.Here’s a...

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How 401(k) Matching Works

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:00:10 +0000

I’ve noticed that a few people have reached The Frugal Couple by searching for more information on how 401(k) matching works, so I figure it’s something of interest. 401(k) matching is...

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How to Keep Your Phone Bill Below $15 Per Month

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:25:30 +0000

I calculated the taxes and fees on my phone bill (excluding DSL) and found that we paid $7.70 in taxes and fees on a total bill of $14.81. In other words, 52% of my phone bill is fees. We keep our...

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Calculate the Time it Will Take to Payoff a Credit Card

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:43:58 +0000

Paying off a credit card can seem like a daunting task. I wrote a calculator that will help you figure out how much time it will take to pay off a credit card, both by using a fixed payment or the...

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Allowances Aren’t Just for Kids

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:53:15 +0000

Getting a quarter a week doesn’t quite cut it any more, but Mrs. Frugal and I have found that we began to feel more relaxed about our finances when we gave ourselves allowances. It’s not...

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Figuring Out Different 529 Plans for College Savings

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:05:39 +0000

Saving money for your child’s college education can be difficult, but figuring out the best tools to get there shouldn’t be. Before the 529 plan was written into law by Congress, college...

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Preparing Your Partner for Your Death

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 19:55:30 +0000

This is not an article about buying life insurance or setting up your will or trust (two things that should be taken care of). Instead, this is about how to pass on your financial system to your...

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Determining How Long it Will Take to Pay Off a Credit Card

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:49:42 +0000

I’ve made a few adjustments to the credit card calculator on this site. In the next day or two it will help you figure out how long it will take to pay off two credit cards if you try to pay...

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Communicating with Your Partner About Money (Part 2 – Staying on Top of Things)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:45:53 +0000

Possibly one of the best investments Mrs. Frugal and I have made has been Quicken, the personal finance software from Intuit. After updating our finances for the week, I have a fairly accurate...

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Communicating with Your Spouse About Money (Part 1: Eliminate Surprises)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 15:45:01 +0000

According to one report I saw, over 70% of divorcing couples cited financial issues as a main reason for their divorce. In my unscientific poll of therapist friends, this number is probably fairly...

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Putting Your Finances on Auto Pilot

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 17:21:47 +0000

It’s always interesting when clients come to us with the following situation: They have saved quite a bit in their retirement accounts through work (either their 401k or 403b), but their...

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Richistan

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 19:15:32 +0000

I just finished Richistan by Robert Frank and I can’t recommend it highly enough. A detailed (and often-times humorous) look at how the new rich live and spend their money, Richistan covers...

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Saving Money on Your Children’s Juice (By Mrs. Frugal)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:27:11 +0000

Normally I drink water. I’m not a fan of soft drinks, and juice is expensive. But lately with the hot weather, I’ve gotten sick of water, so I’ve been buying juice.I noticed that...

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100 Ways to Create Wealth

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:35:23 +0000

I first heard of 100 Ways to Create Wealth on a radio show a few weeks ago. Mrs. Frugal and I were going to Costco to buy in bulk and one of the authors (I think it was Sam Beckford) was being...

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Deciding Whether to Pay Off Debt or Save the Money

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 00:22:02 +0000

Our debt is all at low interest rates. Our highest debt is carried at 4.9%. We have had to take a serious look at whether the emergency fund in the bank is worth the interest on the debt. Our savings...

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Targeted Retirement Accounts & Mutual Fund Fees

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:38:32 +0000

In order to simplify retirement investing, many mutual fund companies have introduced targeted retirement funds. Targeted retirement funds give an investor the ability to park money in a fund and...

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Living Without a TV

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 20:12:57 +0000

Originally Posted in July of 2007 Mrs. Frugal and I don’t have a T.V. When I tell people this, the usual response is, “Why? How do you live like that?” There are several reasons we...

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What Would You Pay to Not Have to Wait?

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:10:19 +0000

Last night I was in a writing class and we were talking about personal finance. We were talking about how thrifty I am and I said, “My free time is worth about $12/hour to me.” The people...

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My Real Salary

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:40:24 +0000

My wage, before taxes, is about $34.80 per hour assuming I work 52 weeks a year for 8 hours a day. But what I’ve realized recently is that I should be adding my commute time to the 2,080 hours...

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Frugal Giving

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:55:26 +0000

A great deal of being frugal is making choices based on the economics of two different options. Often, this means living on the cheap, but it also has to do with making your dollars go farther. Faced...

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Free Grand Central Beta Signup

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 04:26:22 +0000

Not really personal finance related, but I have a GrandCentral invitation to give out. In case you don’t know what it is, GrandCentral is a phone service that provides a phone number that you...

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A Fake Vacation (Facation)

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:45:15 +0000

On Friday, my parents told me they were going on a fake vacation. They had nothing planned for the weekend except to catch up on their relationship and stuff around the house. I called it a...

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Smart Couples Finish Rich

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:42:38 +0000

We’re reading Smart Couples Finish Rich and it’s been helpful. One exercise it recommends is to create a circle on a piece of paper. In the middle, write “What is the purpose of...

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Changing Insurance Deductibles

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:00:30 +0000

We carry renter’s and car insurance. The car insurance is a no-brainer, but the renter’s insurance helps us sleep better at night. Our deductibles have been $500 for one car and $1000 for...

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A No-Spend Day

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:09:09 +0000

Yesterday I didn’t spend a dime (other than my bills). I suppose that’s a little misleading, because I ate food I had purchased the day before at the grocery store and used gasoline I had...

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Our Cost to Live Each Day

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 15:14:47 +0000

Rent: $25 per day Food: $10 per day Cars (insurance, payments, maintenance): $45 per day Gasoline: $13.50 per day School and Other Debt Payments: $14.00 per day Utilities: $2.00 per day Medical:...

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Un-Subscribing from Magazines

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:14:26 +0000

I really like The Economist. On the other hand, I don’t always have time to read it. It arrives in my mailbox faithfully 51 times a year. Over the last four years, I’ve paid faithfully,...

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Financial Lessons From the First Six Months of Marriage

hosts@thefrugalcouple.com (David Podley) — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 01:37:55 +0000

Six months ago (almost to the day) Melanie and I walked down the aisle separately and up the aisle together. We thought we had our finances all figured out. Although we had some school and credit...

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