An Emergency Fund in Action: Our $500 Weekend
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Every Monday is Intents and Purchases day at Living Behind the Curve.
Direct your browser to just about any personal finance blog, and you'll be able to find at least one post about emergency funds: why you should have one, how to build it, when you should start, and exactly how much (or how little) you should sock away. What I don't see a lot of is emergency funds being used for, you know, emergencies. (A planned car purchase is not an emergency.) Maybe they don't have many emergencies, or perhaps personal finance bloggers aren't willing to admit it ...