Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
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’m a big consumer of the Washington Post and WAMU (NPR-affiliate at American University).
Here’s a few stories I thought were great and wanted to pass along. Keep in mind, the Washington Post articles may require login. I recommend BugMeNot.com if you need one. But the Post doesn’t spam you if you sign up. (Not that [...]
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I’m in training, so I’m struggling to have anything to write at all this week. I am brain-fried from powerpoints and all too-energetic presenters.
I’ve been reading Millionaire Mommy Next Door. I keep meaning to blogroll her. I don’t read all the time, but I do think her data driven analysis is convincing. She’s smart and [...]
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That’s the headline of a Michelle Singletary article from Sunday helping you set and keep goals.
Honestly, one of the best things you can do is make your goal very visible. Michelle writes about putting up a whiteboard. I’ve heard of writing it in dry-erase marker on your bathroom mirror. I used to keep post-it notes [...]
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Happy holidays everyone! A special happy birthday to my mommy as her birthday is Christmas Day. It’s a big deal to us because she gets screwed out of having an extra “Queen for a Day” day that everyone else gets. (But she doesn’t read my blog.)
At any rate, I will be leaving tonight for the [...]
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Some are new. Some are old. Mostly stuff I read this week and thought was good.
Bluebird at Hedonic Adjustment writes about the genius of Ben Stein, asking the same question I’ve always wondered as well. But I do agree with Mr. Stein that Taco Bell’s Taco Supremes are very good. Every once in a while [...]
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And no, I didn’t write them. *sticks tongue out*
Aside: I am not so grouchy anymore today. Halloween was slightly more than I wished to spend, but still coming to about $38.00 including appetizer, dinner, beers, safe metro and bus rides, and then someone else buying some more cider and a shot. The conversation ended [...]
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Ramit and the savvy beggar. The beggar story is fascinating, but Ramit’s point about time-tested analysis of our actions and not just muttering about them. I suppose that’s the reason why I blog and put up little bar graphs on my progress and setbacks.
Grocery shopping tips learned the hard way at Single Ma’s Fabulous Financials.
Jonathan [...]
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Trent at The Simple Dollar has an excellent deconstruction of comments on the Yahoo Finance article by Anya Kamenetz about living frugally in the Age of the iPhone. What I find vastly interesting is that some of my coolest friends in San Francisco were some of my poorest. They were really good about saving their [...]
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