With the way I had planned most of my vacation time for this year, August has always had me expecting it to be the highest spending month of the year. While I’d like to think by some miracle that those vacations ended up being completely free, after reviewing my spending
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Somes Sound View Campground Review
A while back I visited Acadia National Park with my girlfriend and we chose Somes Sound View Campground as our place to stay. This was actually our first time camping at what would be considered a private campground, as previously we had always camped at State or National parks. I
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August ended up being a bounce back month for me when it comes to student loan payments. After having to deal with a car purchase and funding my Roth IRA for 2015, I’m now back into somewhat of a more “stable” financial situation. I still have to deal with building
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Many of us use credit cards on a daily basis and whether that is for the convenience of not always having to carry cash around, or maybe you are trying to rack up rewards and cash back. But have you ever thought about what exactly goes on behind the scenes
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Heading into July, I expected it to be a month of lower spending as I’ll be going on vacation in August and wanted to build up a bit of a cushion before doing that. Obviously things don’t always go according to plan, and while I did find some savings this
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