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March 2008

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• 03.20.08
  I’ve Been Married For a Year Family Life | (2)

  Yeah, that's me. In Afghanistan and Pakistan men take really cool photos like these and they are considered manly. Since I am a manly man and I like to bow to all sorts of cultural norms foreign to my native country, I decided that while I was out celebrating my first wedding anniversary that I would pose for this picture to inspire my wife to love me more. It worked. On St. Patrick's day my wife and I celebrated the beauty of our marriage the following ways (with the following costs): Breakfast at Champagne Bakery - ...

  Tagged: about me, budgeting, San Diego
  
• 03.19.08
  Carnivals Are Here Blog | (0)

  The Festival of Frugality and the Carnival of Personal Finance are up over at beingfrugal and I've Paid For This Twice Already ... respectively. I have to admit that I have not read a single article from these carnivals, but that is mostly because St. Patrick's day marks the moment of my marriage and I simply had to party with my partner. I'll probably get around to reading through these right after you do.
• 03.19.08
  Hump Day Humor Money Misc. | (0)

  Here are The Kinks performing the title track from their 1979 Low Budget album. The singing doesn't start until 1:30 into it, but the lyrics are great. It just goes to show you that even cool rock stars are forced to cut back during an economic slowdown. Who would've thought that cheap was the old black? If being cheap is cool than I'm Miles Davis.
• 03.18.08
  Save to Buy … If You Buy At All Frugality | (1)

  Sterling Silver Monkey Studs by knitsteel Wouldn't you find a woman wearing these precious earrings simply irresistible? I know I would. But like most things that make someone absolutely irresistible, these earing cost some dough. I'm not exactly sure how much, but anything with that type of sex appeal is worth at least 100x what any comparable set of earrings would cost. That means these little puppies would run me anywhere between $599 and $999 - I simply don't have that in our clothing budget. So, in light of my family's commitment to live debt free, ...

  Tagged: budgeting, consumerism, fight poverty, life-style choices, saving tips
  

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