Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
Udandi and MyMoneyBlog have great posts this week about buying generic.
Udandi says sometimes generic isn’t worth it. I totally agree. Sometimes you really do get what you pay for. Quality is important to getting good value for your dollar, so don’t skimp when it counts. Like her, I find adhesives are a place where quality [...]
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PF Advice had a blog post in January about saving $1000 by drinking water.
Every year for Lent I give up soda. I’m not much of an observant Catholic, nor much of a Catholic at all, but I did latch onto the idea of giving up soda while in college. I really like soda. I don’t [...]
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CNN Money writes that the bubble may be bursting with new home order cancellations.
Very interesting. I personally cannot stand all the traffic here in DC especially in the outlying suburbs where I work. It drives me bonkers. I left the office at 7pm tonight and there was still a lot of traffic to get home [...]
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“Not as many wants being considered necessities” – Anonymous Commenter
Aye. Isn’t that the rub?
This quote was left by a commenter last week. But I think it’s the hardest struggle out there. It’s in your *head*, not your wallet. I know when I splurged two weeks ago that I was going to need a spring/summer corporate [...]
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I eat a lot of Frozen Dinners. I love them. I eat them for lunch. I eat them for dinner. I think of myself as a connoisseur of them. (damned French word! How do you spell it?) I generally don’t pack a lunch, if I do, it’s a frozen dinner. It’s cheaper than the cafeteria, [...]
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I ganked it from Jane Dough who was too modest to tell us that she is quoted within.
It features Jonathan Ping from MyMoneyBlog, but Madame X is also mentioned.
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Hm… Seems as though I’m getting traffic through the feed. If you are new, please say hello! Ask me questions, offer feedback, pontificate on the use of Quicken, just be nice and please leave your name. I generally despise anonymous posters. Use your initials if you like, no need to register with Blogger if you [...]
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It only took me about a week to reprint my Federal Tax Form after I discovered my typographical error. So much for the daily grind.
So I pull it all together and do my ritual trip to the post office to send it off registered mail.
As far as the things which trigger an audit, how about [...]
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Tasty recipes!
I’ve got two there, and it’s gone co-ed as of late January. I have yet to try any out since I haven’t been in a cooking mood lately. But now that my work responsibilities will be shifting, I hope to try cooking again soon.
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With all the talk about Katrina rebuilding, it occurs to me that most of my so-called-wealth is my home. It seems to me that I should make sure that the largest holding in my assets is not my house. I should keep a mixture of my fully-insured home, investments, and cash savings. Is there a [...]
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