Travel In 2010
4 / 01 - Category: Blog
Happy New Year!  Many of us have started back at work today, with others returning in a week or so.  So, what better time than now to staart thinking about your next holiday! Chances are that you will travel somewhere in 2010. Maybe it’s a trip interstate to v..
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Tags: Budget setup budget Budgeting money management holiday finances Travel Travel Budget 

Happy (Nearly) New Year! What's Your Resolution?
23 / 12 - Category: Blog
Good grief.  2010 is literally but a few sleeps away.  And that can only mean one thing: it’s New Year’s Resolution time.  Ah yes, it’s that time of year when we close our eyes, cross our fingers and make bold and grandiose statements about what we will be gain..
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Tags: Budget Budgeting money management saving New Year Resolution 

All The Single Ladies
8 / 12 - Category: Blog
“Question: tell me what you think about me, I buy my own diamonds and I buy my own rings…” Answer: we’d be suitably impressed! Come on, you’d have to agree that there’s nothing more desirable than independence, particularly when it’s of the financial v..
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Tags: Shopping Budget setup budget Budgeting spending money management women woman ladies lady finance finances money financial independence 

When too much excess is barely enough
28 / 09 - Category: Blog
You’d think this crowd would have learned a lesson or two in the past year.  Hard to believe but it’s been 12 long months since the collapse of Lehmann Brothers triggered a global recession unprecedented since the days of the Great Depression.  It’s been a litan..
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Tags: GFC Global Financial Crisis one year on America 

Getting your finances in order for tax time
27 / 07 - Category: Advanced Features Tips
You can almost hear the collective groan around the country.  It’s tax time again.  Listen closely and you’ll hear the sounds of the masses, scurrying for their shoe boxes and turning out hand bags in the vain hope that those all important, claimable receipts are ..
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Tags: tax time organising finances money management manage your money tax end of financial year 

End of Financial Year temptations
24 / 06 - Category: Blog
Take a deep breath everyone, dust off your credit card and grab your comfy shoes. Bert says it’s time to shop and who are we to argue? Besides, when we shop, isn’t it good for the economy? Regardless of your opinion, there’s no escaping the onslaught of sales t..
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Tags: Credit Card Shopping Sales Budget