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2009's Top Grossing Holiday Movies

The holiday season is a popular time for big-budget blockbuster movie releases. Here are the top movies from holiday week 2009: #1)  Avatar ($75 million) #2)  Sherlock Holmes ($65.4 million) #3)  Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel ($50.2 million) #4)  It's Complicated ($22.1 million) #5)  Up in the Air ($11.8 million) (Source: MTV...

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Christmas Gift Challenge
Christmas Gift Challenge

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." You can tell because everywhere you go someone is trying to sell you something! Stores began decorating weeks ago and the TV commercials are starting to have that Christmas flavor, too. So what's a person to do? Well, you could go 'bah humbug' and hide until January or you could try taking the...

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Start Your New Year With a Budget
Start Your New Year With a Budget

A budget is your single most effective tool for financial management. Without one, it's all too easy to not know where the money went and to find yourself in credit card debt, without adequate savings, unable to give to God's work, and just plain stressed out! Why not make it your New Year's resolution to develop a budget and stick to it? Rather...

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Saving Money by Shopping Seasonal Sales
Saving Money by Shopping Seasonal Sales

Raising teenagers can be very expensive. There are a lot of added expenses as your children grow up. Clothes are more expensive, there are added fees for extra-curricular activities, not to mention the social events that are a "must" for many teens. As frugal parents of teens, we need to learn to save money in different areas that will compensate...

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Shop’ Til You Drop
Shop' Til You Drop

The Internet offers the die-hard shopper seemingly limitless opportunities. Access to stores, malls, manufacturers and dealers all over the world is literally at your fingertips. Products and services galore. With so much to choose from, its no wonder that virtual shopping is becoming so popular. According to Forrester Research, Inc., online shopping...

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