My Daily Dollars

Last Wednesday, an article in The New York Times reported that many successful marriages work because both partners are on the same page when it comes to finances.  The author, Tara Siegel Bernard, points out that marriage throughout the centuries has typically been a financial arrangement.  It’s only in the past couple of centuries that the [...]

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That’s right, the final accounting is in!  I went $484 over budget, but am well under the $5,000 mark.  Now, that total doesn’t include the rehearsal dinner, the husband’s suit, our rings, or my trousseau (fodder for another post), but the husband will wear his suit again, his parents paid for the dinner, I paid [...]

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If you’ve been following my series about my upcoming, frugal wedding, you know that my family originally decided to cook the food ourselves for the reception.  We planned on a summer lunch with lots of fresh produce.  I was excited about cooking with my mom and future stepdaughters and thought it would be a fun [...]

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