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Focused Frugal February: Entertainment during COVID

Focused Frugal February: Entertainment during COVID

By Emily Firebird Finance|2021-02-19T16:15:02-04:00February 12th, 2021|Categories: Focused Frugal February, Personal Finance|Tags: Audible, Cents, Dollars, Dollars and Cents, entertain, Entertainment, finance, Firebird, Firebird Finance, Focused Frugal February, Focused Frugality, Free Fun, HBO Max, Hulu, Libby, Money, Netflix, Read, Save Money, Savings, Scrib'd, service, Spend Your Money, spending, stream, streaming service, Subscription Boxes, Subscriptions, Watch|

This week's Focused Frugal February is about Entertainment during COVID. Ideas on how to save without being restrictive.

Focused Frugal February: Clothing

Focused Frugal February: Clothing

By Emily Firebird Finance|2021-02-05T23:41:58-04:00February 5th, 2021|Categories: Focused Frugal February, Personal Finance|Tags: Budget, Budgeting, Clothes, Clothing, Dollars, Dollars and Cents, finance, Firebird, Firebird Finance, Focused Frugal February, Frugal, Frugal February, Frugal not Cheap, Inexpensive, Laundry, Money, Save, Saving Money, Savings, Shopping, Sinking Fund, Sinking Funds, Thrift Stores|

This week of Focused Frugal February is all about clothing. Starting with, do you really need more? If you do, here are some ideas to do so on a budget.

Focused Frugal February 2021

Focused Frugal February 2021

By Emily Firebird Finance|2021-01-29T18:11:33-04:00January 29th, 2021|Categories: Focused Frugal February, Personal Finance|Tags: Budget, Budgets, Cents, Challenge, dollar, Dollars and Cents, finance, Firebird, Firebird Finance, Focused Frugal February, Focused Frugality, Frugal, Frugal February, Frugal February Challenge, Frugal not Cheap, frugality, habit, habits, Save, Savings, Spend, spending, Spreadsheet, Spreadsheets|

It's that time of year for Focused Frugal February 2021! Let's all reduce our worst spending category for a sustainable balanced life.

Money in the Media #37: The Black Tax

Money in the Media #37: The Black Tax

By Emily Firebird Finance|2021-01-19T00:17:20-04:00January 18th, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Bias, Costs, Discrimination, finance, Firebird, Firebird Finance, Jim Crow, Labor, Money, Money in the Media, Money in the Media Monday, Money in the Media Mondays, Racism, Slavery, Tax, Taxes, The Black Tax|

The Black Tax by Shawn Rochester can provide understanding of the wealth disparities and financial burdens that exist in the Black community. It's something everyone should read to discover the pervasiveness of this bias in society historically and today.