Welcome!

I noticed last night that quite few visitors came from MSN. Thank you Smart Spending and Karen Datko. Special thanks to my fellow bloggers for their great articles.

I also want to thank friend and long time reader Neal (You know you always have an open invitation to our place, right?).

A recent piece of news, I’ve joined the College Money Network .

Here’s an overview of some of my most popular posts to get started:

Banking

• Does Your Bank Care About Online Banking Security?
• Another Reason Why I Hate Bank of America
• Make Banks Treat You Like The Valued Customer You Are
• Bank of America Raises ATM Fees
• When Will My Banks Account’s Balance Show the Correct Balance?

Budget & Savings

• His, Mine, and Ours: How We Pay Our Bills and Budget
• New Neccessities That Are Draining My Bank Account
• Rebuilding An Emergency Fund
• Eat Healthier & Save Money: Brownbag Your Lunch
• Build a Doable Budget in 2 Weeks
• Easy Ways to Get an Emergency Fund Started
• Easy Recipe: Sausage Dip

Cars

• Keep a Gasoline Spreadsheet
• Anitcipate Your Needs in Your Budget
• My Husband Saved Us Money on Car Insurance

Credit Cards

• How to Use Credit Cards Wisely
• I Got a Lower Rate on the Credit Card I Use
• Rich College Student: Understand Your Credit Cards
• Top 5 Credit Card Mistakes

Debt

• Our Game Plan for the Economic Stimulus Check
• Worst Credit Card Offer I’ve Seen
• 5 Ways to Get Out of Debt
• Pay Off Debt First or Start Savings (Chicken or the Egg)

Education

• Getting The Most Financial Aid
• College or Technical Certification? Why not both?
• CLEP Can Reduce Your Student Loans
• Which Foreign Language Should I Learn?

Life

• What’s in My Wallet?
• Negotiating in Chinatown
• Frugal Pet Care
• How to Avoid Arguing About Money
• 3 Ways To Wisely Spend Your Bonus
• Family and Finances

Here’s a series describing our struggle to get our money back from a car mechanic’s negligence. It was around the time I started blogging about personal finance.

Car Repairs Gone Bad Series:

• Car Repairs Gone Bad: When a Shop Refuses to Pay for Damages
• Car Repairs Gone Bad: When a Shop Refuses To Pay Part Duex
• Car Repairs Gone Bad: When a Shop Refuses To Pay Part Three
• How to Pitch Your Story to the Local News
• Small Claims Court: Basic Information
• Our Day in Court
• Win in Court!

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