Almost Frugal » Tell Us Tuesday http://almostfrugal.com Learning about frugality Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:54:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tell Us Tuesday: Financial Wisdom through the Generationshttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/09/15/tell-us-tuesday-financial-wisdom-through-the-generations/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/09/15/tell-us-tuesday-financial-wisdom-through-the-generations/#comments Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:00:43 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5416 Last but not least in the Tell Us Tuesday questions inspired by this survey: What was the best financial, personal finance or frugality advice that you’ve ever received from an older person (in your family or someone that you know personally) and what advice will you give to your children. I’ll go first. I think [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/09/15/tell-us-tuesday-financial-wisdom-through-the-generations/feed/ 4 Tell Us Tuesday: Your Best (or Worse) Financial Decisionhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/09/07/tell-us-tuesday-your-best-or-worse-financial-decision/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/09/07/tell-us-tuesday-your-best-or-worse-financial-decision/#comments Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:00:28 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5413 I was inspired by the survey in this post to ask about today’s Tell Us Tuesday topic (say that five times fast!): What was the best, or worse, financial decision you ever made? I’ve alluded to this before, I think, but my worst financial decision was to trade my nearly paid for, 0% loan, mint [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/09/07/tell-us-tuesday-your-best-or-worse-financial-decision/feed/ 5 Tell Us Tuesday: Gender Differences in Financial Advicehttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/31/tell-us-tuesday-gender-differences-in-financial-advice/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/31/tell-us-tuesday-gender-differences-in-financial-advice/#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 10:00:48 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5408 I was inspired by the survey from this post to ask today’s Tell Us Tuesday question: Do you think men and women are given different financial advice? Were you given different personal finance lessons than others you knew because of your gender? Do you teach your sons and daughters different things about money? I want [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/31/tell-us-tuesday-gender-differences-in-financial-advice/feed/ 2 Tell Us Tuesday: Living Car Freehttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/17/tell-us-tuesday-living-car-free/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/17/tell-us-tuesday-living-car-free/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 09:25:12 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5349 I was inspired by this post to ask today’s Tell Us Tuesday question. I would love to use my car less.  Now that it is paid off there is very little financial sense in selling it, as it’s over ten years old and still in good shape. Like the writer of the original post, many [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/17/tell-us-tuesday-living-car-free/feed/ 17 Tell Us Tuesday: What is the Best Thing Money Can’t Buy?http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/03/tell-us-tuesday-what-is-the-best-thing-money-cant-buy/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/03/tell-us-tuesday-what-is-the-best-thing-money-cant-buy/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:00:46 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5238 I love Real Simple, and even though I no longer subscribe to the paper magazine or read it on a regular basis (international subscriptions are really expensive, so an issue a year brought back from the States is a real treat), I subscribe to their daily newsletters and read online. A daily email that I [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/08/03/tell-us-tuesday-what-is-the-best-thing-money-cant-buy/feed/ 5 Tell Us Tuesday: Your Success Storyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/20/tell-us-tuesday-your-success-story/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/20/tell-us-tuesday-your-success-story/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:00:01 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5220 Success in any big goal is made up of conquering many little problems along the way. I’ve read before that in order to change any habit, you need to work at it for a certain period of time (I’ve heard anywhere from two weeks to three months!). Success is also how you define it. I [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/20/tell-us-tuesday-your-success-story/feed/ 14 Tell Us Tuesday: Garage Saleshttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/13/tell-us-tuesday-garage-sales/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/13/tell-us-tuesday-garage-sales/#comments Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:00:30 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5196 It’s garage sale season in the United States- and oh! how I miss it! Garage sales, or to use the literal translation for vide grenier, attic empty-ers, are not authorized in France except as part of a group sale sanctioned by the town and published in advance. You often even have to pay a fee [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/07/13/tell-us-tuesday-garage-sales/feed/ 6 Tell Us Tuesday: Frugal Wedding Giftshttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/29/tell-us-tuesday-frugal-wedding-gifts/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/29/tell-us-tuesday-frugal-wedding-gifts/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:00:45 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5134 Let’s talk about frugal wedding gift ideas. It’s June, which means that long white dresses, flower bouquets and wedding cakes are in the air. Well, let’s hope not literally! While I’m at a such an age that most of my friends got married (ahem) a few years ago, we are still invited to at least [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/29/tell-us-tuesday-frugal-wedding-gifts/feed/ 8 Tell Us Tuesday: Your Commutehttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/15/tell-us-tuesday-your-commute/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/15/tell-us-tuesday-your-commute/#comments Tue, 15 Jun 2010 19:09:23 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=5068 I had a doctor’s appointment this evening (another ear infection, yuck), which mean that I had to head across town in rainy, rush hour traffic. Not my favorite thing to do, even when my ear isn’t throbbing! The doctor’s office is near to where we used to live, about 45 (optimistic) minutes from where I [...]

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]]> http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/15/tell-us-tuesday-your-commute/feed/ 8 Tell Us Tuesday: It Feels Like Homehttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/01/tell-us-tuesday-it-feels-like-home/ http://almostfrugal.com/2010/06/01/tell-us-tuesday-it-feels-like-home/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 08:05:16 +0000 Kelly http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4818 Where we live is more than just the dwelling in which we reside. It’s walls, inside and outside, a setting, an environment, a community. Where we choose to live says what we can (or can’t) afford to pay, shows what our preferences are -city or country- or shows that there is little choice involved at [...]

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