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      <title>New Budget</title>
      <link>http://hardcore-tightwad.savingadvice.com/2006/07/23/new-budget_11741/</link>
      <description>Here is my thinking about my budget.  I don’t have enough money coming in to do everything I want to.  My take home for 40 hours is 585.  I will up that to 600 by making sure I work a little overtime each week.  &lt;br /&gt;
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I usually set aside all overtime for travel.  I get a lot on this...</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Jul 2006 16:46:40 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>7 Month Update</title>
      <link>http://hardcore-tightwad.savingadvice.com/2006/07/20/7-month-update_11598/</link>
      <description>It has been awhile since my last post.  &lt;br /&gt;
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I am now living in a more expensive part of NC.  Living cheaply is even more of a challenge.  I have been here for 3 months.&lt;br /&gt;
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My weekly take home was $523.00 a week and now is $585.00.  Plus they pay for all my health insurance.  I can...</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:43:04 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>Goals: 1 Easy, 2 Hard</title>
      <link>http://hardcore-tightwad.savingadvice.com/2005/12/11/goals-1-easy-2-hard_4368/</link>
      <description>Thanks for all the positive feedback.  The storage fee in the budget is for a storage unit in Colorado.  I am in North Carolina.  That is a bill I hate paying.  &lt;br /&gt;
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The first week of the December challenge is over.  Here are the results.  &lt;br /&gt;
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The Easy Goal&lt;br /&gt;
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      <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2005 13:37:05 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>December Challenge – 7 Goals</title>
      <link>http://hardcore-tightwad.savingadvice.com/2005/12/04/december-challenge-7-goals_4254/</link>
      <description>I am rebuilding my life from scratch.  I am unhappy with my life.  I am not concerned with how I got here.  I am focused on building a happy and fulfilling life.  During the next 10 months I will create a life that I want to live.  I will have to make a lot of short term lifestyle...</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2005 08:46:48 PST</pubDate>
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