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January 2013

  • Joint banking is fun!

    Why We’re All About Joint Banking


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    Throughout our marriage, we’ve always enjoyed finding out how our take on finances is similar to other couples (“You read Dave Ramsey, too?”). And it’s especially fun to hear how we differ as well (“You each spend how much on shoes each month?!”). But one area where we’ve been consistently…

  • Baby Bucks

    Financial Baby Steps for Your Baby


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    In the Baby Bucks series, we discuss financial topics where baby and buck collide. The dollar kind, not the animal kind. Got it? If you haven’t already heard, we had our freaking baby! I’ll probably continue to lead every post that way, because it makes my heart skip a beat…

  • Our Freaking Budget on Leftovers

    He Says/She Says: Leftovers


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    In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial topics where we agree to disagree. Hey!!! I return (albeit, briefly) from the novice stages of motherhood with a post I had mostly written before Baby Girl came into our life. And now that Johnny is in charge of all our…

  • Baby Girl's feet

    What We Learned About Having a Baby


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    All three of us are home and happy and healthy. We’re all pretty exhausted, but loving our new life together. Around here, we’ll just call her Baby Girl. This was actually the name printed on her ID bracelets because her mommy and daddy needed some time to try on some…