Fearless Money

Fearlessly talking about money for quite a while now.

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Entries from February 2006

Spanish credit fraud

February 11th, 2006 · 8 Comments

Checking my logs, I see quite a few people finding my site, searching for some of the very odd companies used to commit credit fraud against me and many others.

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Tags: Banking · Scams · Credit

Scary financial mistakes

February 8th, 2006 · 6 Comments

OK, so I haven’t always been fearless about money. At times I was careless, clueless, or spineless. It cost me big.
Without beating up on myself too badly, I hereby present the list of my worst financial mistakes for inclusion in the Reverse Carnival of Financial Boneheadedness.

Ate out for lunch, almost every day, for […]

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Tags: Decreasing $

Taxes finally done

February 6th, 2006 · 1 Comment

After quite a bit more work than I was expecting, I’m finally done with the taxes from 2005. We are getting $7500 back from withholding!
How can that be?
We’re not cheating or anything. Honest. Actually, what made the biggest impact was the $4700 adoption credit carryover from last year. I find that […]

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Tags: Taxes

Valentines day gift giving

February 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment

One of the parts of my family budget which has been working the best for my wife and me is the gift budget.

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Tags: Budgeting

More from How Much is Enough

February 1st, 2006 · No Comments

I’m continuing to read How Much is Enough?

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Tags: Planning · Reviews