Daily Archives: January 9, 2008

Day 130: A Flurry of Shopping

By Suburban Wife | Published: January 9, 2008
Can you believe that I didn’t make my first pur­chase of the day until 7:46 pm and yet man­aged to spend a grand total of $239.70 in less than 1–1/2 hours in a total of 6 dif­fer­ent trans­ac­tions?  That’s got to be some kind of record for me — par­tic­u­larly astond­ing since I usu­ally avoid [...]
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Kids & Money: Developing a Taste for Saving

By Suburban Wife | Published: January 9, 2008
Long, long ago when our chil­dren were mere preschool­ers, The Hus­band and I had a series of con­ver­sa­tions relat­ing to chil­dren and money.  We dis­cussed the ins and outs of allowances as well as what types of skills and atti­tudes regard­ing finances we wanted them to acquire while still in our care. When imag­ing The Hus­band and me at [...]
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