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Meme

Spontaneous Meme!

by mapgirl on February 4, 2009

A Gai Shan Life has a great post on things you wish you did and things you are glad you didn’t. The comments are interesting and so here’s my take.
First, some context. Early 2004 I had just moved back to DC from PA and started a new job.
Things I wish I’d done in the last [...]

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Will’s Truest Words Thus Yet Written

by mapgirl on September 8, 2008

Neither a borrower, nor a mapgirl be.
Which work of Shakespeare was the original quote from?
Get your own quotes:

And best of all, don’t be a borrowing mapgirl.

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Not As Cheap As Other People

by mapgirl on June 11, 2008

But you might have guessed that already as a regular reader.
Via Escape Brooklyn, it’s official. I scored a 17 on the Time Out New York quiz.
I took this quiz about being cheap at timeoutnewyork.com/livecheap, and my cheapness quotient rated as 17.Here’s what they said:Finally! A sane person. You’re careful with your money, but never cheap. [...]

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If I Had Zero Credit Card Debt…

by mapgirl on October 29, 2007

Alrighty. I am dragging this post out of my draft archives. I wrote it a really long time ago. But since Plonkee tagged me to write about if I was debt free.
You have to understand though that this is just some homesickness on my part more than it is about debt.
If you asked me what [...]

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Never Ask Me Again

by mapgirl on October 22, 2007

Unless it’s over a beer. But really, all you need to know about me is already in this blog.
I’ve played the game before, so any new meme tagging for tidbits about me will be ignored. Sorry Kay, TMac, Juan Million. I won’t do it.
Alrighty reposting all you want to know:
100 Things
Another 5 Things
ENOUGH. That’s it. [...]

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Welcome Readers of Grad Money Matters!

by mapgirl on August 21, 2007

Hello and welcome to readers of Grad Money Matters!
ISPF posted in reply to my tag on living frugally, including my old post on the same subject. I appreciate your stopping by here.
There is a round-up post that includes some other compilations of tips that was left off of ISPF’s post. You might like those as [...]

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#1: I am disliking CleverDude for tagging me for this meme. to Mike.
#2: Mike rocks because he helped me bring down my motorcycle.
#3: I am at work.
#4: I am coding some SQL today and it is taking a long time.
#5: I

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My Obsessions

by mapgirl on April 19, 2007

Curse you kids at Make Love Not Debt! *shakes fist*
My obsessions? Well, one of them is really obvious since I have a whole blog devoted to it.
The next four? Hm. Narrowing down to four? This is going to be tough. I wrote this post, then decided I sounded like a weirdo and changed almost all [...]

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5 Things You Don’t Know About Me Meme

by mapgirl on December 15, 2006

Gah. I hate you people. I got tagged by Golbguru and LAMoneyGuy.
I already did 100 Things About Me. Wasn’t that enough?! FIVE MORE? Sheesh.
Ok. 5 more. But THIS IS THE LAST TIME. I mean it.
1. I am currently experiencing a crush on a Cary Grant lookalike. When he told me yesterday evening that I [...]

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