Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
I have $26 left in my wallet today. I bought lunch on Monday for $6.50. Dinner, beverage and lotter ticket for about $8.00. Tuesday was Korean buffet for $7.50. Tuesday night was awesome Cheesecake Factory dinner. FOR FREE. YAY!
One of the South Asian gentlemen at work is getting married. He’s leaving for his home country [...]
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The ever popular Caveat Lector post. Just as true now as it was a year ago. Beware of hucksters, shysters and anyone else who knows what to do with your money and your credit score. By far, this is the most important post I’ve ever written here.
And a related post that still has some good [...]
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Friday night:
Tickets for 2 to the Making Time show in Philly: $36 (bought on debit earlier)
Drinks for 2 (two cocktails, two beers, water, juice) and tips: $30ish
Tolls: $15ish
Boyfriend paid for my dinner and my share of gas and SUV rental. There were 5 of us and I weaseled out of driving duty, thus forcing us [...]
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Sticky Rice is a new H Street restaurant here in DC. It has its origins in Richmond, VA at the original location. It seems to have a huge following with kids who went to college around Richmond.
Sticky Rice is the second closest sushi shop near boyfriend’s house and down the street from Joe Englert’s hip [...]
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My Dollar Plan has a fantastic list for saving money while you still have a job. And if it’s not an actual list of ways to save money, it definitely will give you some ideas on how to leverage your job for great benefits. Hat tip to Lazy Man & Money!
Ah the bitter sting of [...]
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Go read this article by Miel at Dual Income No Kids and just be thankful that the price of bread doesn’t rise 300% in 2 weeks.
Inflation is the great eroder of resources. Make sure you get yours every year on your annual pay increase. The years I got a 2% raise after giving my company [...]
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I keep telling myself that what goes down must go up….right?! -SavingDiva
Sadly, no. The market doesn’t have to do anything. You’re applying the law of gravity to something dependent on the rationality or the irrationality of human beings. Physics and Investing only have high end mathematics in common. Even so, investing can be completely subverted [...]
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Goal #1
Specific – Contribute to my 401k plan
Done. Autopilot is awesome.
Grade: Pass
Goal #2
Specific – Reduce my credit card debt
Measurable – By 50% or $9,137 (rounded up to $10K)
Achievable – Monthly payments of $762
Last month, I thought I could be down to $10.5K. However, I’m now currently looking at $11.5K, unless I really dig deep.
Grade: Failing [...]
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In a phrase: Unexpectedly crappy.
I am just shocked at how much my retirement accounts shrunk in July, despite a regular contribution to my 401k account. It’s a disaster and a half! I lost almost 4%, and that’s offset by the contribution. Oh well. I know most of it is a dip I took on BRKB. [...]
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Went to the drive-in again on Friday night. I bought the tolls and tickets into the show. ($4+$16=$20) Boyfriend bought us a whole 16″ pizza pie, popcorn and drinks. ($25ish) I also bought a drink for the road trip back. ($2) FWIW, lunch on Friday at work was free because of a group presentation.
Saturday I [...]
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