Cost Cutting Checklist for Households Under Financial Pressure
Three months ago I sat at my kitchen table with a highlighter and went through twelve months of bank statements. Not to feel bad about myself — I'd done enough of that —…
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Clothing Budget: How Much Should You Spend Per Year?
Last January I sat down to actually tally what I'd spent on clothes the previous year. I was convinced it was around $600. The real number was $1,840, and finding that ou…
Cost of Getting Sick Without Good Insurance: What Bills Really Look Like
My sister called me on a Tuesday evening in a quiet panic. She'd been freelancing for eight months, had let her COBRA lapse to save money, and now had a fever pushing 103…