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By eona33 on 01-22-10
Try cutting your expenses in this great holiday season. Save and save extra bucks. The money on your credit card might be over if you couldn’t try to. The holiday season gets people to use their credit cards. Hey – Black Friday does have some great deals, but if you use the plastic, or hadn’t budgeted for it, those supposed savings become holiday debt. That’s why I always budget for paying it off after the holidays – try cutting out Starbucks (I know, it’s really hard and it kills me) and a few other things (no Red Lobster) until March, when I usually have it paid off. No cards, payday loans (the occasional emergency use does no harm), no nothing until March. That way, I pay off the gifts I gave and don’t wind up with interest payments until next Christmas.
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Let’s be civil. The Flathead Beacon encourages vigorous discussion and lively debate, but we will delete comments that attack other readers, make accusations we can’t verify, stray too far off topic, criticize local businesses (call them if you have a problem), convict someone of a crime, use profanity or are simply judged to be in bad taste. We don’t always have someone moderating comments, so we ask for your help: If you see a comment that violates these ground rules, or you simply deem it offensive, please e-mail editor [at] flatheadbeacon.com. The views expressed in the comments section do not reflect those of the Beacon.
By eona33 on 01-22-10
Try cutting your expenses in this great holiday season. Save and save extra bucks. The money on your credit card might be over if you couldn’t try to. The holiday season gets people to use their credit cards. Hey – Black Friday does have some great deals, but if you use the plastic, or hadn’t budgeted for it, those supposed savings become holiday debt. That’s why I always budget for paying it off after the holidays – try cutting out Starbucks (I know, it’s really hard and it kills me) and a few other things (no Red Lobster) until March, when I usually have it paid off. No cards, payday loans (the occasional emergency use does no harm), no nothing until March. That way, I pay off the gifts I gave and don’t wind up with interest payments until next Christmas.