Another week has passed and this time I covered some money saving tips from a teacher (my wife). We also had another increase in our net worth for the month of August. Finally I ask people to take a closer look at the extended warranties being offered instead of blindly turning them down.
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It’s quite common in the personal finance community to be “hating” on the extended warranties. Some of the main points people make about warranties are the “warranty costs more then the item” and “if it breaks it will do it within the first 6 months and will be covered under standard warranty”. Now I don’t necessarily disagree with these statements [...]

Another increase in August which is good. It seems we are still trying to get our footing back on some solid ground after the wedding. We manage to put some cash into savings. At first glance it may look like we took a big hit in savings but that’s because we put a large lump sum payment into the mortgage. [...]