Penny For My Thoughts

So, I’ve been using Override* for a year.  However, my local Stop and Shop just got a gas station-I loved the gas station at my college Stop and Shop, so I was looking forward to trying it out.  I finally got my chance yesterday, and I have to say-Stop and Shop kicks Override’s booty to [...]

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I don’t know about where you live, but here in Massachusetts it has been record-setting cold the past few days. With all the focus on your car’s defrost and heating around here, it’s very easy to forget that summer is just a few short months away, and you might want to stop and think [...]

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With my new job, I’m reassesing my budget.  As a result, paying off my car is back on the table.  I have the money to pay it off, so the arguement goes something like this:
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Car payment per month goes back into the budget-I know sometimes that “extra” money gets eaten up, but I’ve done [...]

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Yesterday I went to a local shopping center to have snow tires put on my car. This is the first time I’ve had snow tires, but I drive a subcompact and felt like the grip would be good. I went with the Michelin X-Ice, which was a little more expensive than some tires [...]

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Since I bought my car in 2007, I have tried to educate myself on car care and maintenance. In particular, I am trying to learn what sort of car care I can do and what I should have my mechanic do. Thanks to the Internet, I can not only learn about this [...]

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As I’ve mentioned before, I do a number of online surveys and the like to earn extra money. For about the past year and a half, I’ve bee doing what many people consider to be the holy grail of surveys-surveys through Pinecone research. After reading some posts on a few online forums that [...]

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In a perfect, fuzzy, flawless personal finance world, all major purposes would be well thought out, rational decisions. However, stuff happens. For example, I was fairly confident that my 1998 Honda Accord would last me a long time. Then I stopped at a red light, and the industrial van behind me did [...]

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I’m gathering the data for another scintillating Net Worth post so I was over at my credit union’s website looking at my car loan.  Last month I sent them two payments-my usual payment and a principal-only payment (marked as such).  I generally make two payments each month (and they are SO MUCH easier to deal [...]

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I was in Florida last weekend. The only plus of Fay was that it ws cooler than it generally would be. However, I don’t know how Floridians survived without auto air conditioning. Of course, I’m sure that when their air conditioning fails, say, if they need a new A/C compressor, they [...]

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So the Versa is having an oil change tomorrow.  I take her to the dealer where I bought her-as I extend the Powertrain warranty for 1 year by doing so.  I haven’t gotten any coupons in the mail lately, so I decided to poke around online for coupons at other dealerships.  Found one…but their coupon [...]

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