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December 24, 2014

C-O-N-T-R-0-L: That’s the Way you Spell Success

Two words with similar meanings that you will never find paired in a thesaurus are budget and diet. A budget is a system or plan used to manage your money.  If you spend more than you earn, you need to do one of two things:  decrease expenses or increase income……or try a little of both. […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County

REVIEWED BY: Melissa Welker, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Fulton County

PHOTO CREDITS:

  • http://search.creativecommons.org/

Categories: Money
Tags: budget, diet, self control, willpower

May 22, 2014

Wedding Trifecta: Dreams, Decisions, and $$

We’re coming up on the month of June, which means the wedding season is about to commence. June, July, September, and October are the most popular months for scheduling wedding ceremonies. Peak times vary according to climate. Most brides want to have a reasonable assurance of good weather, which for those of us in the […]

WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County, green.308@osu.edu

REVIEWED BY: Betsy DeMatteo, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio NEFE Rep, Ohio Saves Coordinator, Ohio State University Extension

SOURCES:

  • http://honeymoons.about.com/cs/eurogen1/a/weddingstats.htm
  • http://www.kiplinger.com/article/spending/T059-C011-S001-save-money-on-your-honeymoon.html
  • http://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/top-10-ways-to-save-money-on-your-wedding-1.aspx

Categories: Money
Tags: budget, honeymoon, wedding

January 30, 2014

Cable Quandry

Are you having a hard time justifying in your budget the amount of money you spend to watch television? The cost of cable has been rising at an astonishing rate. Maybe you’ve been getting an “explanation letter” from the cable company the last few years stating that your bill is going to go up another $3-10 […]

Categories: Money
Tags: budget, cable tv

November 9, 2012

Mind Your Own Business

A spending plan or budget is something many of us prefer not to think about; it can be very scary to lay out your finances in black and white. If you don’t look at the numbers that say you’re out of balance, then you don’t have to think about the possibility that you are not […]

Categories: Money
Tags: budget, expenses, finances

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