Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the monthly archives:
After two humiliating work experiences (one involving mandatory fun at the office), I went to do some window shopping. I had a choice between a big shopping mall and Target. At a large mall, I’d be able to tamp down the urge to spend, but instead I was more practical and drove a nail into [...]
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Today will be a No Spend Day since I forgot we’re getting lunch at work and there are no special plans for this evening. (I sold off a pair of hockey tickets to tonight’s game. Gross $51. Net $11.)
Yesterday was *almost* a No Spend Day, but again, I didn’t have cash and bought a pack [...]
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I blame J. Savings. He’s just mad that I spend less on clothing each year than he does.
I just won a $25 Threadless gift card in a contest giveaway he was running. Yippee!
I used it to buy two t-shirts for me ($9 & $5) and order a cute t-shirt for one of my nephews for [...]
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I thought about this after posting that I had two No Spend Days last week. What were the key things that got me there.
1. Driving motivation to be lazy. The days I don’t spend money are days that I don’t want to deal with the general public, i.e. avoid retail spaces. My desire to be [...]
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I just saw how many people entered the $50 iTunes Giveaway. Now I wish I only had more to give away! Mental note: Must win more contests at work!
Thanks for entering! If you haven’t entered, please go to the giveaway post and enter before Friday at midnight (Pacific). It’s easy!
If you have entered the contest, [...]
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I packed my lunch or ate at home every day except Friday. I also dined out only once, for dinner on Thursday night. (It was supposed to be a drink, but turned into a dinner, which was very nice anyway.)
On Monday, I bought nothing because I had lots of leftovers and groceries in the fridge. [...]
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I was a lucky winner again at a corporate event. I’m stupidly competitive. (I chalk it up to latent sibling rivalry. You should see us play Scrabble. It’s shameful.) I was actually the runner up. The winner got a Gordon Biersch gift card. If I had won that, I would have kept it. Since I [...]
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The Wall Street Journal featured an article about retirement accounts rebounding.
If you’ve looked at your investments lately, you might be surprised at how much they have rebounded as the Dow Jones Industrial Average has climbed back above 10000, especially if you’ve got a healthy mix of stocks and bonds and you’ve continued to make new [...]
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Right now, I’m still sitting on about $12K of credit card debt. It just doesn’t seem to go down. There is always something putting pressure on me to run them back up. Since I have utterly failed on all my goals this year, I have a new plan formulating for 2010.
I am thinking of rolling [...]
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How much are the holidays costing me so far?
$1560 – for three plane tickets to CA from DC and Philly
$162 – for my cabin rental on my camping trip with friends
This does not include the $100 for Christmas presents for the nephews and ~$100-200 for my boyfriend’s present. I’m upping the ante this year because [...]
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