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Welcome to 2010! Happy New Year from The Simple Dollar! 4comments

January 1, 2010 @ 8:00 am - Written by Trent
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I’m spending the first day of this new year sleeping off a long New Year’s Eve night and spending some quality time with my kids and my wife before the spring semester gets rolling. I hope your 2010 gets off to a wonderful start!

Tomorrow, we’ll return to our regularly scheduled programming!

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#1 G Pendergast @ 10:08 am January 1st, 2010

Does this count for or against spending 50% less on entertainment?

Happy new Year!

#2 Monevator @ 5:25 am January 2nd, 2010

Enjoy the night off. Your regular posting is a regular slap in the face for my own haphazard output in 2009.

Here’s to doing better in 2010, and you keeping on doing what you do! :)

#3 Lenore @ 6:48 am January 2nd, 2010

Have a happy decade!

#4 Mary @ 4:45 pm January 2nd, 2010

Happy New year to you & yours, & thank you for your helpful column!

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Welcome to 2010! Happy New Year from The Simple Dollar! 4comments