So Money episode 1815. Ask Farnush.

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I'm so money this week because I paid off a car lease. I now own the car. And I'm not sure if I'm

going to keep it. I'm debating maybe selling it, getting something a little bit more economical,

maybe a hybrid or an EV. I also found every single library book that was around the house and

managed to return all nine books to the library. This is,

if you know, you know, a huge feat when you've got two kids and all these books. I love going

to the library. I dread returning the library books. In fact, there have been times when we have

completely lost a library book or two. And the fines are not commensurate with the value of the book.

Let me just tell you. I had to spend 20 bucks one time to basically, it was a fine, a penalty for a

DVD about My Little Pony's. I'm not even sure why we got the DVD. I don't think we ever watched it.

And this week I completed our multi-part series on affording kids in America.

If you didn't catch these four episodes, go back and take a listen. If you're a caregiver,

a parent, expecting, we covered some really important ground from how to budget, how to create

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