$12 for four boxes of discounted cereal - Monday, November 7$11 for 2 used records - Tuesday, November 8$10 for dinner & desert out - Tuesday, November 8$11 for beer & wine for Wednesday &...
Posts will be light this month as Im engrossed in writing something thats not very good for National Novel Writing Month. Ill still post my weekly budget as I keep track of it normally; all other pos...
$100$6.50 for groceries at the kosher market - Monday, October 31st$2.50 for discounted salad dressing - Tuesday, November 1st$5.50 for discounted toiletries & gum - Wednesday, November 2nd$13.50...
$100$14 for groceries - Monday, October 24th$20 for shoe repairs - Monday$9.50 for breakfast with co-workers - Tuesday, October 25th$13.50 for more shoe repairs - Wednesday, October 26th$2 for discou...
Orman shared some advice in Action Plan that was too technical to summarize, but I thought some of the most valuable guidance in the book. Ive quoted it below. I figure Im less likely to forget if I ...
Ideal of $100$10 for agency National Boss Day lunch at Wahoos - Monday, October 17th$33 for groceries - Monday, October 17th$33 for take-boyfriend-and-mama-out-to -lunch day - Tuesday, October 18th$7....
As mentioned in a previous post, Ive been reading Suze Ormans Action Plan: New Rules for New Times. Usually, Im not a fan of talking heads/media personalities, but that sentiment is lessening as I ge...
Thats cute. If you were a retailer, youd know better. Youd know there are anywhere from 13 to 20. 13 to 20! Why so many? To get you shopping, of course.This was reported quite a while ago in the Wall...
BanksA Fee by Any Other Name - 10/13 BusinessWeekBudgetA New Spending Record - 10/19 WSJPrices Raise 0.3% Prompting Boost in Goverment Benefits - 10/20 WSJFlat Tax Seen as Savings Booster - 10/21 WSJ...
Im currently reading Suze Ormans Action Plan: New Rules for New Times. Heres an excerpt that prompted me to change my budget:"SITUATION: Your employer has suspended making matching contributions ...
Found this book at an art gallery store filled with novelty items and couldnt pass up the photo-taking opportunity!The rightmost book reads "How to Get in Debt." Do tell!Chapter 4 is entitled...
KGB Deals - 1/2 of a $21 for $70 worth of 2--ahem!--spa treatments Bloomspot - $15 for $30 at a pizza/beer restaurant downtown *paidWork - 2 Silver Experience Tickets to AMC for $7.50KGB Deals - $33 ...
$100$10 for Whole Foods daily deal - Monday, October 10th$34 for wine bar daily deal (friend had only $5 in cash, so I ended up taking her out on a date essentially, boo!) - Tuesday, October 11th$18 ...
I always get intrigued by the strangest recipes, and for some reason quinoa always entices me. This time, it was the turkey and quinoa meatloaf dish featured in a daily email from AllRecipes.com that...
$100$10 for a ticket to attend my friends art show on 10/13 - Monday, October 3rd$18.50 for groceries (4 cans progresso soup, 2 healthy choice frozen dinners, 4 bags of microwaveable vegetable mixes,...
Here are some links I pulled pertaining to trends in housing, jobs, investing, home economy and the economy as a whole.BusinessCoupon Sites Are a Great Deal, But Not Always to Merchants - 10/1 WSJHom...
You may be fading into bankruptcy and dissolution, but I still have some vouchers I need to redeem. That thing happened to me, you may have heard of it, where I cant keep track of all the deals Ive p...
Pre-Vacation allocated $42.25 (due to previous overspending):$31.50 combined food spending - Monday, Sept. 26 - pre-San Francisco Friday, Sept. 30So, I was under $10.75 for the past two weeks, BUT I ...
$100: 9/12 - 9/18$3.50 for Carls Jr. turkey burger - Monday, September 12$34 for Trader Joes weekly groceries - Monday, September 12$2 for fruit - Wednesday, September 14$5 for swimming goggles - Wed...
$100$3.5 for mac n cheese lunch - Tuesday, 9/6$13.75 for groceries - Wednesday, 9/7$3 for Thursday night football beer - Thursday, 9/8$16 for Friday night cover and drinks - Friday, 9/9$10 for shooti...
Found a wonderful thrift store in Desert Hot Springs called Gypsyland. My finds:A lovely loose-knit but fitted pink sweater, $7.50, 25% discountedA big book of British short stories, $3, 25% discount...
This is a first stab at an allover budget:15% withheld taxes>1% withheld FSA2% withheld health insurance10% withheld 401k33% automatic transfer to a savings account13% rent13% monthly spending12% ...
I spent too much, got busy, went on vacation and stopped posting about my finances. Heres the mess of the last two weeks. Youll notice I overspent the last weekend of August and then lived very light...
The opening sentence in the first link below encapsulates the madness of the stock market: "Stocks surged as another bleak dose of economic data raised hopes that the Federal Reserve will take ad...
I traded in my old white 3G iPhone for a $66 Amazon gift card using their Trade-In Program. If avoiding hassle is more important to you than the highest returns, then I recommend this bad boy of a re...
$95.25 $19 spa treatment from a daily deals site - Monday, August 15th$3 for sparkling water & 3-pack gum - Wednesday, August 17th$3.5 for thrift store tee - Wednesday, August 17th $5 for yucky f...
$73 $5 for 2 pints of ice cream & 2 candy bars for mixings - Tuesday, 8/9$7.75 for 3 bottles of shampoo/conditioner (3 for $10 with $1 off 1 coupon & 2$ off with CVS extrabucks, plus $3 in ex...
Here it comes: the meaty bits, lessons on personal finance that I basically spit out as I chew up (though this one is long delayed). The first lesson? An introduction to financial planning. The ABCs....
Used My Coke Rewards earned from buying soda for the office to subscribe to Wired. Go me.
Before it was the budget debacle making headlines, now its the bipolar stock exchanges. Its taking all of my strength not to take the short view with my already-puny IRA and consider checking out. On...
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