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Diamond buying guide – tricks on color and clarity

by under Finances

This is the second and final post in the series on how to get a champagne diamond on a beer budget. Yesterday we went over how to use the cut to influence the appearance of the carat weight.  (If you need to review yesterday’s post click here :How to buy a diamond – part 1 [...]

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How to buy a champagne diamond on a beer budget

by under Finances

This post is for everyone out there who likes big rocks. Whether you’re shopping for an engagement ring or whether you just wanna buy yourself some big bling, the common denominator of most diamond admirers is size. Yes, the setting is important, yes the quality gets a lot of lip service, but big is what [...]

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Divorce and the single nurse

by under Finances, Life

  Remember all the happy memories you thought you’d make when you got married?  The rocking chairs you were going to…uh.. rock when you were old and grey?  But then you could only get a job on nights – in the ER – and the stress and the never seeing each other broke all the [...]

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6 ways to avoid the credit card debt spiral

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1. Don’t apply for new credit cards: when those ads come in the mail for “0% interest x 1 year” don’t rush to open a new account and transfer all your balances to that card unless you have a realistic (in this universe, not evil Kirk’s) chance of paying off that balance within a year. [...]

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Making Your Money Work For You (not the other way around)

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Last post I talked about learning to live on 90% of your paycheck and putting 10% away each pay period into an untouchable account. But when I say “untouchable”, I really mean, “not for jetting off on a last minute trip to Mexico or getting those shoes that are sooo cool”. That pool of accumulated [...]

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Paying yourself

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Somebody once sent me a tiny little book with a strange title, “The Richest Man in Babylon.” I’ve always been a big reader (you know the kids who read the cereal box during breakfast? That’s me) so one day when I found myself without a book, I picked it up. The book outlines several steps [...]

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