This week’s installment of the Rich College Student series is probably a step that will have the biggest impact on being responsible with finances while in school. The best way to succeed is to come to college with the financial skills and knowledge already in practice. Unfortunately that isn’t as common as one might think. [...]
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Rich College Student: Start off on the Right Foot
Posted in Budget, tagged charity, Creative Minds, Education, Life, Philanthropy, saving, students on October 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
September Goal Review: Gasoline
Posted in Budget, tagged Budget, car pool, Cars, gas prices, Gasoline, personal finance on October 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Photo Credit: /kallu
September has come and gone and I was reviewing how I did with my gasoline budget for that month. My goal was to fill up once a week. With gas prices around $2.59/gallon and my tank is about 13 gallons my weekly goal was $34. Here’s what I actually did:
Date
Where
Amt
29-Sep
Kangaroo
32.68
23-Sep
Wawa
30.01
18-Sep
Wawa
32.38
12-Sep
Wawa
33.51
6-Sep
Giant
32.85
Total
161.43
Good news is that [...]
Weekly Round Up: September 29
Posted in Blogroll, Budget, Food, tagged Blogs, Free Stuff, links, review, Web on September 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I can’t believe that October is 2 days away already! A lot of this week’s posts were interesting and I continue to like the variety that these bloggers offer.Free Money Finance has an article on how to save money while traveling. We’re going on vacation in November, so we’ll use some of the advice.Krystal at [...]
Rich College Student: Saving on Your Grocery Bill
Posted in Budget, Food, tagged groceries, save money, Savings, tips on September 24, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Photo Credit: Jeff Keen
After last week’s post, I decided to look into ways that my husband and I save money on our grocery bills.
Sit down and make a shopping list. This seems really elementary, but it is the most important step. Can’t figure how to make a good food list? Try working backwards. Think of [...]
Weekly Roundup: September 22
Posted in Blogs, Budget, Investing, tagged Bills, Housing, Relationships, Savings on September 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This week was pretty hectic for me both at work and school, so I didn’t get a chance until today to look over some articles from my favorite blogs and a few others.
Relationships
Free Money Finance’s guest post was about Discussing Family Finances.
Motivation
DINKS did a fantastic job reviewing the American Dream (it’s not riches, but the [...]
