http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/hobby-smoking-significantly-cuts-into-savings-ohio-state-study.html personal finance blog with anecdotes, advice and commentary. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:04:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/hobby-smoking-significantly-cuts-into-savings-ohio-state-study.html/comment-page-1#comment-129 Amy Thu, 24 Mar 2005 21:06:39 +0000 http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/is-a-hobby-hurting-your-savings.html#comment-129 I quit smoking over a year ago and started to save the $6.55 a week I was spending in cigarettes. First I put it in cash in a can, then I put it into ING Direct. I recently used that money to offset a plane ticket to Germany for my 40th b-day. Now I've started saving it all over again for another special something. I quit smoking over a year ago and started to save the $6.55 a week I was spending in cigarettes. First I put it in cash in a can, then I put it into ING Direct. I recently used that money to offset a plane ticket to Germany for my 40th b-day. Now I’ve started saving it all over again for another special something.

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