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My Grown Up Christmas List

My girl Victoria over at My Fab Fico is guest posting today! She is giving us her “grown up” Christmas list which takes into account her buying power. Very nice. Very grown. This Holiday Season, I’ve made a commitment to use my buying power to support small businesses. Purchasing Christmas gifts can be challenging, even

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My Top Tips for Your Finances in the New Year

We only have a couple more weeks left in 2013. So I know a lot of you are planning ahead to be about your money for the new year. Here are my top tips to get you ready to succeed: 1. Budget This rule comes from Personal Finance 101. If you do not already have

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You Need to Write A Mission Statement for Your Life! Here’s How!

Mission statements answer the question of what the purpose of your life is… why you exist. In business, mission statements are used to keep the business focused. Employees can refer to it as a reference point for what they are supposed to be doing. It drives. In addition, it helps to plan. It accomplishes this,

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Don’t Hate: How to Make Facebook Your New Source of Motivation

Two days ago, I was scrolling through my Facebook feed and saw a picture of one of my former professors. She had moved to Abu Dhabi to teach and was standing in a mall and surrounded by a number of ex-pat sorors that she had met since moving there a few years ago. “Wow,” I

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How One Brown Girl Shed Self-Doubt By Baring It All…in a Room Full of Strangers

by Danielle Douglas Standing before the wooden platform I tightened my grip on the sash of my favorite purple robe. “So we’ll start with about 10 one-minute poses,” Ken, the class monitor, told me. His slight build, hunching stance and ashen five o’clock shadow was somehow endearing and lessened the intimidation. “The changing music will

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Identify Your Spending Triggers

This is a guest post from Marsha Barnes, founder of Financial Empowerment and 1/5 of The Frugal Fab 5! Check out her site and join us for our Twitter chat tonight from 8-9pm.-k by Marsha Barnes Spending triggers can be a time or day when you tend to spend alot, certain people that seem to

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5 Things to Consider When Talking About Money and Marriage

Existing Financial Obligations We all have a financial history which includes some form of financial baggage or another. It may be a negative debt like a maxed-out credit card or an overwhelming car loan. Perhaps it’s a debt incurred as an investment, like a mortgage or student loan. Whatever it is, when you get ready

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How Not to Blow Your Year-End Bonus

This guest post is from Kathleen over at Frugal Portland. She is very cool peoples and knowledgable about frugal fun living. Check out her site here and find out more about her. -k Are you lucky enough to get a holiday bonus this year? I’m in sales, and we do a lot of our billing

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Fabulous N’ Frugal in Madame Noire: Black Girls Rock Because We Are All Not the Same

Hey Frugalistas, New Month, New Goals, I hope. Just to let you know, I spent all of November writing the draft to my first book!!! And you know of course, it has to do with living that fab and frugal life. So, keep your eyes open. Also, in the upcoming weeks, you will be seeing

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Reclaim the “Black” in “Black Friday by Spending Your $1.1 Trillion In Your Community

Today is Black Friday and you know what that means for a lot of us… shopping, shopping, and more shopping. Now, don’t get me wrong, shopping is not bad, especially if you are shopping conscious and deliberate about your buying power as an African-American. The recent incidents of racial profiling that occurred to black clients

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