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How to Make a Plan to Get out of Debt

You need to make a plan. Step one of my plan was to take up with a guy who thinks credit cards have germs and will give you a horrible disease if you use them. Something boogery that shows on your face.

• How to Read Your Credit Report
• The 6 Worst Things for Your Credit Report

Readers Share Their Uses for Stale Bread

My vote, always, is for bread pudding. Just in general. I'd make bread pudding sandwiches if I could.

• Bread Stuffing Recipe
• 5 Uses for Stale Gluten-Free Bread

5 Ways to Reduce Your Debt Payments

Step two was less fun, and that was actually paying down my debt. There's always a catch.

• Do You Have Too Much Debt?
• 66 Ways to Get Money to Pay off Debt

7 Steps to Get out of Debt

It's easy to get into debt, and not so easy to get out. For one thing, getting out requires effort and planning, while getting in is a natural talent for most of us.

• How to Ask for a Lower Interest Rate
• The High Cost of Using Credit Cards

How to Look Skinny in Photos

A good pose is better than a personal trainer, in terms of making you look skinny. (In terms of cardiac health, not so much.)

• Flattering Haircuts for Every Face Shape
• Look Thinner in Well-Fitting Clothing

How to Look Taller

Setting aside the posing business for a minute - because you'll look weird if you do that in a business meeting - there are other ways to look tall and slender. They involve tricks and clothing, two of my favorite things.

• How to Use Vertical Lines to Look Thinner
• How to Use Monochromatic Dressing

Day-Old Bread Recipes

Prior to the mold culture stage, there's a lot you can do with that leftover bread.

• Allie Prudhomme Fonterot's Bread Pudding
• Tuscan Summer Bread Salad Recipe

How to Dress 10 Pounds Thinner

And don't get me wrong: I don't actually think I'd look better if I lost half my body mass. However, I do admire a few things about the stars - namely, their access to professional stylists, and their ability to pose.

• 5 Things to Love About High Heels (And A Few to Hate)
• Video: Petite Fashion Don'ts

What to Do With Stale Bread

However it got there, I want to use it up. It kills me to throw things away, even when they're growing penicillin cultures.

• How to Make Bread Pudding in a Crockpot
• French Toast With Stale Bread

9 Tips for a Great Romantic Getaway

The Supposed to Be Fun rule states that the stress of planning a trip increases exponentially for every expectation you place on it. Is it your only vacation this year? Check. Are you planning for more people than just you? Check. Is that person your beloved? Double-check.

• What's Your Advice for Romantic Travelers?
• 50 Romantic Vacation Ideas