Dating can get expensive if you’re the type who insists on always paying for your date (I’m not, but hey, whatever floats your boat!). But who says frugal and romantic are mutually exclusive? Here are my top 5 budget date ideas for a great time without coming off like a cheapskate.

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Today, the price of oil briefly dipped below $100 per barrel for the first time in who knows when, down from a high of $147 per barrel in early July.  What’s more, prices are expected to be a bit lower still this time next year.  So this is good, right?  Gas prices will (hopefully) fall [...]

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Funnily enough (yes, it’s a word), one of the quickest and easiest ways to get rich is to write a book about how to get rich.  Some have accused Rich Dad Poor Dad author Robert Kiyosaki of doing just that, or at least of exaggerating the truth (you can read John T. Reed’s criticism of Kiyosaki here).  While [...]

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The other day, I was on my company-provided medical insurance website searching for a primary-care physician with and office near my home to schedule a routine physical. After finding what I was looking for, I started snooping around the insurance provider’s website (it’s not very intuitive or easy to navigate) since I couldn’t quite [...]

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The Finance Blog Network
Here are a couple of interesting posts from The Finance Blog Network this week.
Real Tax Deductions That May Surprise You, which is actually a guest post by The Tax Guy.  Claiming every tax benefit available to you is a key to building long-term wealth.  Let Uncle Sam help you out.  Incidentally, if [...]

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The inspiration for this post was taken from Thomas Stanley’s book, The Millionaire Mind.  You can read my review of The Millionaire Mind here.
One of the primary ways the wealthy are different from ordinary Americans is their focus on value.  It’s amazing how most people will spend far more time researching their brand of laundry [...]

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The inspiration for this post was taken from Thomas Stanley’s book, The Millionaire Mind.  You can read my review of The Millionaire Mind here.
In chapter two, Stanley reveals the results of a survey prompting a representative sample of America’s millionaires to rate to what degree dozens of different factors contributed to their success.  These factors [...]

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Fan’s of the Thomas Stanley’s modern classic The Millionaire Next Door will find a lot to love about Stanley’s follow-up, The Millionaire Mind. But while a lot of the central concepts of The Millionaire Next Door are mentioned again here, this is no rehash of the same material. Where his earlier work focuses [...]

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