Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
Mapgirl does not cook. She CAN cook, but she does not like to cook for one and so rarely cooks. She uses dining out as an excuse not to hide in her apartment from the rest of the world.
Getting that out of the way, I am actually a very decent cook. There are a few [...]
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The Rolling Stones got it all wrong. That’s the way the lyric should have ran.
I talked recently with a friend of mine. I really admire her a lot. She’s come a long way financially in the past few years and the other day, she reminded me of how far she’d come. When I first met [...]
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The Girl Money v Boy Money post has generated some very interesting discussion.
The main thing is, if *YOU* aren’t asking for a raise, *YOU* probably aren’t getting one. I hate to sound like a broken record, but I’ll say it again, “You are Yourself Incorporated.” It was the favorite saying of my old boss and [...]
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It’s still a man’s world, and it gets worse after 10 years.
I guess it’s still not a surprise, but every once in a while I am heartened by the women executives I know at the VP level who are doing well. It’s not impossible to get ahead. It just takes a little extra dedication.
I found [...]
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As far as the road trip went, we took our host’s advice and drove the George Washington Bridge. It was a fine trip through NYC during rush hour, but not as bad as you might think. Because of the graciousness of our host, I spent Saturday as a No-Spend Day, knitting and reading on couches [...]
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NPR had a story a few days ago on caring for an autistic child after you’re gone.
I was bawling in the car. I’ve written before about my cousin. It hits me hard in the chest. Fortunately, my cousin is not severely disabled like this. He’s very functional, just slow. I want to be there to [...]
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I was invited to go to CT this weekend with a friend. I convinced him to drive there instead of fly. Thus saving myself a boatload of money. We’re leaving early from DC to skip NYC traffic over the GW.
But the really cool thing is that my VA SmartTag/EZ-PASS/SmartPass thingamajig for the tolls is no [...]
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To recap my Lenten goals, I wanted to make smarter choices with my money on a daily basis and stop drinking bubbly drinks. I have to say, this year would be rated a miserable failure on both counts, but not without an upside.
1) I have a weakness for root beer. I broke the bubbly drink [...]
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Curse you kids at Make Love Not Debt! *shakes fist*
My obsessions? Well, one of them is really obvious since I have a whole blog devoted to it.
The next four? Hm. Narrowing down to four? This is going to be tough. I wrote this post, then decided I sounded like a weirdo and changed almost all [...]
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No Credit Needed, one of my blogpals, has the 70th Festival of Frugality available now.
Yours truly has a submission, Repair or Replace?
Other articles which I enjoyed through the week were:
Golbguru’s post on oiling locks.
Frugal Babe, who has a really gorgeous blog design if you ask me, writes about selling her engagement ring, THOUGH SHE’S HAPPILY [...]
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