You don't need a new year or a new school year to give yourself a new chance to NOT blow all your cash. OR a new opportunity to figure out how to get the biggest bang for the buck, how to stretch your dollars, how to tuck some away for a rainy day. Trite and tired sayings, yes, but oh-so-true!

So, what are you going to do differently with YOUR money?

Here are a few sample resolutions about cold hard cash, about dough, about bread, about currency -- no matter what you call it, we all could all resolve to handle it better.

FROM NOW ON I will . . .

Save a little bit every time I get some cash so that I can put together enough to get some of the more expensive items that I never seem able to afford.

Keep better track of where my money goes so that it doesn't seem to just disappear!

Think BEFORE I buy. You know, like, bring a snack instead of always buying one, figure out how many times I will REALLY wear those funky, wild shoes before I spend all my savings on them.

Try to always have some money around for those spur of the moment outings my friends are always trying to drag me to.

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