Who Invited Taxes?


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Well, we went and did it. We did our taxes. And by we, I mean Johnny. As we discussed in this post, we use TurboTax software as our tax filing weapon of choice. Normally, Johnny looks forward to doing our taxes. He even gets — dare I say — giddy…

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Guest Post: Saving Money on Meals


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It is an honor to be guest posting here at Our Freaking Budget! Let me introduce myself, I’m Sarah Jane Skaggs. I am one-half of the team at the frugal lifestyle blog Pretty Providence. I just graduated from college with a bachelor’s degree in Family Studies, my husband is finishing the final…

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What If Wednesday: Losing Your Job


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What If Wednesday

In the What If Wednesday series, we transport to a hypothetical alternate-reality and watch life play out. And we do it on Wednesday, because alliteration. Close your eyes. Nope… that doesn’t work. Okay. Let’s start over. Kind of close your eyes, only until there’s a tiny slit for you to…

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About You #2


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Hello, My name is Beowulf

A few months ago, we posted a few questions to better get to know our readers. And since there are a lot of new faces around here these days, we figured it’d be a good time to get acquainted/reacquainted with everyone. So here’s a freshy fresh set of questions: What…

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