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Feature Article #1

How To Save Money On Your Summer Family Vacation

Amidst rising prices on pretty much everything you can think of these days, how are you planning to save money on your family vacation this summer? Are you planning to stay home in favor of a staycation or will you chance it and have fun while saving money? Let’s take a look at […]

Ginger | June 26th, 2008 | Read More

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Feature Article #2

Welcome Good Morning America and Wall Street Journal Readers!

You are likely coming to the site based on this article by the Wall Street Journal and the segment on Good Morning America. Please feel free to browse through some of the more popular and recent articles:

8 Frugal and Cost Cutting Tips for the Newly Independent
Gas Prices On The Rise To $5/Gallon: How […]

Ginger | June 11th, 2008 | Read More

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Feature Article #3

Guest Post: Why Every Woman Needs Mad Money

This is a guest post by Pamela Grundy, writer for Personal FInance Analyst. Personal Finance Analyst is an online community of bloggers dedicated to taking the mystery out of money and helping you to live a happier, more successful life with the money you have. I enjoyed this post and I hope you will […]

Ginger | June 8th, 2008 | Read More

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Feature Article #4

Too Educated For Entry Level? Why Having A Master’s Degree May Be To Your Detriment

The Washington Post published the article Too Educated For Entry Level, and I was actually excited to see that they’d taken on this issue, especially here in the DC Metro area. With more women going to college and then going on to obtain master’s degrees, this is a relevant article for so many of […]

Ginger | June 2nd, 2008 | Read More

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Feature Article #5

Welcome The Simple Dollar, Get Rich Slowly and MSN Smart Spending Readers!

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Donna Freedman of MSN’s Smart Spending blog linked to a comment I made over at Pinching Copper: There Are No Victims In The Housing Bust. You’ll see that I am really passionate about the topics around the recent sub prime mortgage meltdown. I don’t think ONE person is […]

Ginger | April 9th, 2008 | Read More

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About this Site

Girls Just Wanna Have Funds is dedicated to the woman that wants to take charge of her personal finances. We value budgeting, investing, frugality and remain mindful of our spending habits. Move over and make way for women who are in control of their financial destinies and not afraid to say it. We’re armed with […]

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Reader Mail, Financial Advice and Site Improvements

I have quite a few drafts in the works but I feel compelled to write this post to keep all of you up to date with what’s going on behind the scenes.
Since the NBC airing over the weekend I have been swarmed with requests for state chapters, financial advice and of course I […]

July 1st, 2008 | Ginger | 6 comments | Read More

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FNBO’s Pay Yourself Challenge

Per FNBO:

FNBO Direct (www.fnbodirect.com) recognizes the challenges consumers face to save money — as costs for gas and food surge and credit card debt climbs to new highs. Our answer to help struggling consumers is the Pay Yourself First Challenge – and we think that the Challenge may be of interest […]

July 1st, 2008 | Ginger | 0 comments | Read More

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Girls In the Red and Today Show Interview Recap!

The interviews went great and our meetup was really productive. Meetup members and attendees, Nikki and Nicole were able to tell their stories to Amy Robach while the producer scurried around trying to tie everything together. She was great and I enjoyed working with her over the last few days.
We really got a chance […]

June 25th, 2008 | Ginger | 1 comment | Read More

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Girls Just Wanna Have Funds Today Show Interview in DC

The Today Show would like to interview anyone involved with the Girls Just Wanna Have Funds meetup here in DC to discuss debt support groups amongst women. The interview day and time is this coming Tuesday 6/24 in DC at Bar Louies at 6pm. Please let me know if you are interested.
Please note that this […]

June 19th, 2008 | Ginger | 1 comment | Read More

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How We Saved Over 50% On Auto Repairs

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Saturday we got into a car accident with another pickup truck. We’re ok but the driver side mirror needs replacing. Today we began calling around for estimates at several auto body repair shops and received estimates up to $314. For a frikkin side mirror? Come again? On […]

June 18th, 2008 | Ginger | 5 comments | Read More

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You’ve Got Mail: Reader Questions Answered

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With the mention from Good Morning America and the Wall Street Journal came more than a few questions from new readers. First, I’d like to say thank you for taking the time to read through the site and send in your questions. I love reader mail! I’ll just say […]

June 16th, 2008 | Ginger | 3 comments | Read More

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Im Around And Falling In Love With Blogging Again!

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Some of you have noticed I havent been posting as much as I used to and that’s due to juggling quite a few priorities but towards the end of June I will be back on schedule. If you read this site often then you know that my FIL is now living […]

June 6th, 2008 | Ginger | 1 comment | Read More