Andrea Dickson's blog

Best of Personal Finance: C'mon In, The Water's Fine Edition

Posted 1 day 19 hours ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Finding online coupons, learning to live in this depressing economy, selling your house in this depressing economy, going to the gym (no, really), ignoring Canada, looking beyond erasing debt, and learning to calm your #!$%)&@ nerves.

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Best of Personal Finance: Summer's Bounty Edition

Posted 1 week 7 hours ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Storing summer's bounty, saving money on a gym membership, talking about finances before the honeymoon, how to get divorced while the world is watching, buying a car without getting ripped off, stay-at-home dads and more.

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Best of Personal Finance: Hot and Humid Edition

Posted 1 week 6 days ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Doing less for a better lawn, married money, backpacking prep, productivity for everything, how to drive like an idiot while you can still afford to, the gold mines you can find at a garage sale, and more.

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Best of Personal Finance: Go Forth and Save Edition

Posted 3 weeks 2 hours ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

This week, we look at way to prevent identity theft (do they work?), saving money on utilities with rain barrels, saving money on meds, how to prep for job interviews whenever the economy recovers, how to buy a used car, and more.

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Best of Personal Finance: Summer Heat Edition

Posted 4 weeks 1 day ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

It's summer! It's warm and toasty! Kids are almost out of school! And bloggers are hard at work, ignoring the nice weather and unsupervised children, bringing you the best advice they have on earning, saving, investing, and enjoying the frugal life.

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Best of Personal Finance: The Cost of Things

Posted 8 weeks 1 day ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Stuff costs a lot. Stuff we buy, stuff we have, stuff we want to get rid of, stuff we don't buy because we can't afford it, stuff we bought that we can't afford, stuff that isn't stuff, but is actually a service of some kind. This week in the Best of Personal Finance, we looka t the cost of stuff, even stuff you don't really think about.

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10 Tips for Landing an Gig Online

Posted 9 weeks 4 hours ago by Andrea Dickson

Making Extra Cash

Getting hired online is easier now than it ever was. If times are tight for you, you may find yourself looking for ways to make extra cash. The bad news is that everyone else is doing the same thing. The good news is that you can do a few simple things to make yourself stand out from the crowd when looking for odd jobs online.

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Best of Personal Finance: Swine Flu Free Zone

Posted 9 weeks 1 day ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Defining assets, assessing China, having children, buying stuff during the right season, the recession, more recession, but guess what? Not a WORD about swine flu. Except here. I swear I won't mention it again.

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Best of Personal Finance: First Signs of Spring Edition

Posted 10 weeks 1 day ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Ah, spring. A time for new beginnings, new growth, time spent outside with friends and family, and a several month supply of Zyrtec. Oh, and of course, some great blog posts by personal finance bloggers.

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Best of Personal Finance: 'A Better You' Edition

Posted 12 weeks 1 day ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

These week, Wise Bread gives a shout out to fellow bloggers who have dedicated their blog posts to increased productivity, time management, life improvement, and all around methods for becoming awesomer. WAY awesomer.

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Best of Personal Finance: Sarcasm-Free Edition

Posted 13 weeks 1 day ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Speak no evil... well, no snark.

Some of the best personal finance posts from around the web, completely and utterly without any snarky commentary from yours truly.

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Five Free Ways to Improve Your Life

Posted 13 weeks 6 days ago by Andrea Dickson

Life Hacks

Making improvements to your quality of life isn't always going to be about money. Usually, the sea changes that make our lives more livable are things that don't involve coupons or frugality at all. I know that the best gifts I have given myself had little to do with my credit score. What have you done to make your life better?

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Best of Personal Finance: Credit Where Credit Is Due Edition

Posted 14 weeks 1 day ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Stacked.

Credit cards are fun for the whole family, until the bills start rolling in and you are expected to hand over your hard-earned money for the stuff you bought on plastic. In this week's Best of Personal Finance round-up, the web's PF bloggers look at debt of all kinds.

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Best of Personal Finance: Childish Edition

Posted 15 weeks 2 hours ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Your precious little ones bring so much joy, so much fulfillment, and so much credit card debt. In today's best-of personal finance list, we explore ways to save money while keeping your children.

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Laid Off? You May Have to Fight for Unemployment Benefits

Posted 16 weeks 9 hours ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance, Career and Income, Life Hacks

stick it to 'em

If you've recently lost your job due to the shaky economy, and you've filed for unemployment benefits, you might be surprised when your former employer attempts to block your unemployment by saying that you were fired. Well, be prepared for the possibility - plenty of companies are challenging laid-off employees rights to benefits in order to save money on unemployment insurance.

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Best of Personal Finance: Online Learning Edition

Posted 16 weeks 22 hours ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Notes on snagging a blogging gig, identity theft protection and help links, get ripped like Bruce Lee, and more, all from the interwebz.

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Best of personal finance: Let's just stop listening to the news, shall we?

Posted 21 weeks 1 day ago by Andrea Dickson

Personal Finance

Valentine's Day ideas on the cheap, why healthcare needs to be reformed (it's pro-business to reform it!), CEO salary caps are just mean and cruel to the poor CEOs, what happens when you pull a Tom Daschle, traveling the world on $5 a day, fixing up old furniture, why the TARP act was a complete travesty, don't convert your TV to digital just yet, and more.

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Getting Rid of Acne

Posted 25 weeks 5 days ago by Andrea Dickson

Health and Beauty

There isn't one sure-fire method for getting rid of acne, because the types and causes of acne are varied. While a good skin care regimen can help prevent the most mild forms of acne, if you are really suffering from painful pimples that aren't responding to nice soaps or infomercial remedies, you might want to consult a dermatologist.

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Seven Lessons Learned from Working Retail

Posted 29 weeks 2 days ago by Andrea Dickson

Career and Income, Making Extra Cash

The store that I work at offers a rewards card to frequent shoppers, and there are quite a few people who refuse to sign up for it - I can understand why they wouldn't want to have another shopping card on hand, but trust me, if you regularly spend a hundred dollars in a particular store, you deserve some kind of reward. You might even be surprised how much money you actually spend at a particular store - I'm regularly handing out free gifts to shoppers who look shocked that they qualify for them.

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Is hunting/fishing a good way to feed your family?

Posted 30 weeks 7 hours ago by Andrea Dickson

Food and Drink

As times get tougher, I have began to wonder how many people will turn to hunting and fishing as a means to provide food for their families. I don't think I have the stamina to track and shoot a deer, and the Seattle area really isn't that good for hunting - hipsters don't taste very good, anyway.

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