Archive for 2008


Travel the World: Gap Years and Personal Finance

Posted by Madison on January 9th, 2008

Featured today is a guest post from Plonkee who writes at Plonkee Money. Plonkee lives in the UK, enjoys writing about personal finance and loves books! Be sure to subscribe to the Plonkee feed for more great articles. Photography: Oia by Wolfgang Staudt I don’t know what it’s like in the US, but here in the UK, it’s reasonably common for people [...]

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Roundup: The Airlines Extended Our Vacation!

Posted by Madison on January 8th, 2008

We were supposed to fly home on Sunday. Luckily my mom noticed all the incoming flights were canceled and gave us a call. I’d much rather extend our vacation than be stranded in O’hare with two infants unable to get to our carseats. Unfortunately I had already spent about 2 hours trying to pack our suitcases [...]

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Sometimes I Use Cash (Instead of Credit Cards)

Posted by Madison on January 7th, 2008

I mentioned yesterday that I do not use a credit card for all of my purchases. We actually operate our “allowances” on a cash basis. We take out money on the 1st and 15th of each month to cover lunch, dinners out, haircuts, and any other miscellaneous purchases. I don’t use a credit card for these purchases [...]

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Don’t Hate the Credit Card

Posted by Madison on January 6th, 2008

We’re headed to the airport today to head back home after our 2 week vacation. I’m going to postpone my normal weekend roundup (look for it on Tuesday). I just couldn’t resist another credit card article before Debt Free Revolution and I call a truce in our debate about credit cards. A comment in an email from a reader, jejily, really [...]

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The Great Credit Card Debate Continues….

Posted by Madison on January 5th, 2008

Ana at Debt Free Revolution and I are debating about using credit cards in 25 Reasons to Love Credit Cards and