http://www.debtreductionservices.org/blog/your-weekly-financial-review/ Learn to Live Debt Free! 1-877-OUT-DEBT (688-3328) Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:47:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.debtreductionservices.org/blog/your-weekly-financial-review/comment-page-1/#comment-73 eona33 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:20:05 +0000 http://www.debtreductionservices.org/blog/?p=300#comment-73 Make it a habit to spend money wisely especially during holiday season. I know it can't be unavoided, but we can still control our material urgings. We can tryThe 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 <a title="How to Cope with Holiday Debt" href="http://personalmoneystore.com/moneyblog/2010/01/19/cope-holiday-debt/" rel="nofollow">holiday debt</a>. 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. Make it a habit to spend money wisely especially during holiday season. I know it can’t be unavoided, but we can still control our material urgings. We can tryThe 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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