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Archive for November, 2008

rubber cheques

It’s incredibly embarrassing if you write a cheque and it bounces, even if it’s probably completely not your fault.
I just had a phone call from someone I haven’t actually met, about an amateur music event I’m going to next week. The cheque that I sent him has bounced. He was very nice about it, and [...]

starting on the Christmas gifts

I have awesome lists of Christmas gifts cribbed from magazines the magic of t’internet. There are 102 gift basket ideas, 102 stocking stuffers, 63 gifts under $10 and 50 inexpensive gifts. Not to mention my own personal list of 101 frugal gift ideas.
You’d think given this, and that I love to give gifts, that I’d have [...]

a confession and sorting myself out

I have a confession to make.
For a personal finance blogger, my bank accounts are in a terrible state. I’ve exceeded my overdraft limit for the last 3 months in a row, which is costing me about £200+ in bank charges. Naturally, I’m going to be saving the documentation about the charges in the hope that [...]

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