Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
I bought a Diet Coke fountain drink and a tank of gas in the last 48 hours. I suppose that I could have had a no spend day on Thanksgiving except I really wanted a Diet Coke while I was driving to my parents’ house. I also was an idiot and left a nalgene bottle [...]
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I knew it was foolish to try to stretch out $86 for over two weeks. I still have about $3 in my wallet though. I moved $50 to my checking account to cover myself for one tank of gas and a few small things like 9V batteries for my smoke detector and some Ticketmaster fees [...]
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I got over $400 in checks last week from my insurance company.
One check was a refund on my auto policy because I paid up the full year and then canceled it for a better rate with another firm.
The second check was for 69% recovery of my deductible from the condo owner above me. My homeowner’s [...]
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That’s not my address. Apparently people have been writing to someone in Ireland and she’s tired of it. My desire to thwart spambots is causing people to harrass her needlessly. So please don’t email her if you’re trying to reach me.
Please email me at
“full name of this blog, no apostrophe. Yes, all three words” at [...]
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I have about $32 in my wallet today. I’ve been conserving my cash and cooking dinner at home. Things at work are hot and heavy and Thursday is breakfast day at the office if you like donuts, bagels, muffins, cookies or coffee. I’ll take my turn later on the sign up sheet. If I am [...]
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Greetings and welcome readers of The Wall Street Journal’s The Wallet! Thanks for clicking through! I have to admit, I’m flattered and flustered at a link in the Journal. I used to subscribe to the paper version and I still read it when I can get a copy.
New readers can subscribe to my feed .
Navigating [...]
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The market is down and I checked my 401k/Retirement balances today. I’m down by 1/3rd. LOL.
All you can do now is laugh, else you’ll cry. Plus I have 30+ years to go till retirement.
Save, Save, Save!
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I’ve got about $25 in my checking account and $50 in my wallet. Normally I’d be going to about 2-3 hockey games in the next week and a half, but the Capitals are on a road trip and I sold one of the games off. Therefore, I don’t have to add much money to my [...]
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Everywhere in the blogosphere you’ll see people writing about finances and couples. The advice is the same, to be honest, etc.
Here’s the thing. How can two people who spend lots of time together, NOT talk about their finances?
My boyfriend can read about my finances just by reading my blog. That’s an unusual case to be [...]
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In near-criminal fashion, the basement of Macy’s in downtown DC has Christmas decorations already up (10/26). It’s nuts, but at least it’s localized. They do have all the mannequins in the fancy dress department in red satin. But since their logo is a red star, I guess we can call them Communists and keep on [...]
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