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The Money Diaries @ I Will Teach You To Be Rich: Based on New York Magazine’s Sex Diaries. A collection of stories from real people about their spending habits over seven days, anonymized and posted here.

When renting is smarter than buying @ Get Rich Slowly: This a topic that many people feel strongly about. Myths such as ‘you’re throwing money away’ tend to transpire when the discussion gets underway. Sometimes it can make more sense to rent.

Extreme Early Retirement in Practice @ Get Rich Slowly: I’m always keen for young people and graduates especially to take their pension and retirement seriously. If you’re not contributing to your pension yet when do you expect to start? This article will help to put things into perspective.

Why We Save @ The Simple Dollar: The simplicity of everything we do. Trent’s 5 year old is saving for a Nintendo DS. If a 5 year old can save surely anyone can?

This week concludes the series ‘Levels of Personal Finance’. Over the past month I have gone through what I deem to be the levels that you can go through or aim for whilst you make the transition from ignorance to complete control over your finances. View full article »

I like to talk about eating out on this blog and my attempts to reduce the amount of times a week I spend eating out. I try to pack a lunch everyday and minimise the number of dinners out. Eating Out can be an important part of people’s lives, however, so it seems unfair to suggest cutting it out altogether. If you’re a fanatic of eating out here are a few top tips to keep the costs down: View full article »

Every Saturday The Thrift Diaries gives you a round-up of the best articles on the web. I’m an avid follower of many brilliant personal finance blogs and would like to share the best articles with you. These won’t always be recent articles as I often like to sift through the archives of my favourite blogs. View full article »

Today and every Saturday from now I plan to use this time to give you a round-up of the best articles on the web. I’m an avid follower of many brilliant personal finance blogs and would like to share the best articles with you. These won’t always be recent articles as I often like to sift through the archives of my favourite blogs. View full article »

Christmas has come and gone. Let the sales begin! This used to be a very exciting time of year for me as in the past I never bought anything that hadn’t been reduced. Nowadays it’s different. I buy clothes that are new now but still search for bargains during sale time. Sales are a stressful time in my experience. There’s an overwhelming pressure (coming from ads) to buy now before it’s too late but also once you get to the shops there is an overwhelming pressure to beat others to a great bargain. It can be easy to get lost in the maze of sales and to lose sight of what you want and need. View full article »

As a strong advocate of packing lunches for work, university or any general outing here are a few things I’ve been thinking about during my weekly food shop. How much does my packed lunch cost me? Generally my packed lunch consists of the same snacks and bottle of water, my sandwich varies. View full article »

Money is a taboo subject. Nobody should ask about your salary, how much your home cost and how much debt you have. It’s virtually impossible to talk about money without being frowned upon. View full article »

It’s November now and graduate applications are underway for many final year students. Hopefully many of you have reached the first or second round of interviews. Good luck with that. I know how hard you have to work to get that first job after university. For those who haven’t had much success all I can say is persevere. I was rejected by a number of firms at the first stage of applications which didn’t do wonders for my confidence. Eventually a firm will spot that unique talent in you and bring you for interview.

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