From the category archives:

Convenience

ROAD TRIP!

by mapgirl on April 20, 2007

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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FMF is big on car dealerships. A lot of other PF bloggers are not. I’m in the dealership camp, but only begrudgingly. First off, you need to know that my pop ran a private garage while I was growing up, but started out as a dealer mechanic for Ford. I will try to pick a [...]

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Getting Rid of My Books!

by mapgirl on February 2, 2007

I know a lot of PF bloggers are selling their books through Amazon or eBay. Great. Good luck to them. I’d rather not wait in a post office line.
Today, with a friend, I donated books to a non-profit literacy charity and used book store. It was awesome. They took every book I had. I made [...]

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2006 Budget Overview – The BAD

by mapgirl on December 27, 2006

How did I do? Not very well. I overspent on my budget by ~$3000.00.
I was about $1000.00 off on my income due to my budgeting healthcare benefit expenses off my old employer and not adjusting it to actual costs with my current employer.
Specific category notes:
The rising price of gas definitely shows on my budget. I [...]

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