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Just last week, I wrote that my husband and I had resolved to start saving money to pay down our mortgage - we were writing down what we spend to see where the money goes and have firmly committed to save as much cash as we can for the next six months.

Back in high school, all the really cool kids wore leather jackets or the ubiquitous leather vest (yes, I was an eighties kid!). Those jackets and vests cost a few hundred bucks, which meant that only a select few could afford them — and I was not one of them.

The insurance website, Insure.com, has come out with a new index that puts a monetary value on dads in North America. So how much is a father worth in a household these days? It doesn't seem like much.

Who wears the financial pants in your household? This new global survey by HSBC shows 65 percent of men around the world make all or most of their household’s financial decisions, and other family members have little say in the matter

Like many of you, I got up early yesterday to watch the royal wedding. It didn't take much effort for me to tune in, since my kids are up at 5:30 most mornings anyway, and Wills and Kate are a bit more interesting than Diego.