When I was in college, I had a great time, but even so, I didn’t maximize my experiences nor did I optimize my Finances as well as I could have. Now you may be thinking that if I didn’t maximize my experiences by spending for such things, that I would have been maximizing my finances, but I didn’t.
Audiobooks. Yes, audiobooks have saved money in my wallet and possible saved my life more than once.
All too often when something breaks, we just throw it away. Some things aren’t repairable (for example light bulbs and drinking glasses), but many are! I’ve seen many a neighbor throw away good appliances and other expensive tools. In many cases, the items being thrown away had a minor, fixable break. What a waste of money!
My purpose today, is to re-calculate the costs of owning my dog for 2010.
Initially I calculated that my cost for all our family pets ran about $1,017.00, but this was a bit too conservative!
First, let me list the pets that we have:
one dog (a chocolate lab)
one all black cat
two hamsters
1 1/2 fish. Why 1 1/2 [...]
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