Just tidbits about money and finance.
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So my company has me on pins and needles about my next assignment. It means I will be paying a premium to fly into Santa Barbara for my cousin’s wedding as well as the wedding after that. If I am lucky, I’ll be able to cash out some airline miles. I’ve already forked out $1500 [...]
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Not to sound like a total corporate shill here, but Hilton currently has a ‘Double Dip‘ program so you can get both hotel and airline points. Better yet, if you use Delta this summer, you can 3x airline points. Charge the hotel & airfare on your American Express and that’s even more points! (And none [...]
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I saw the Starbucks free pastry promotion today, but didn’t click through to print the coupon. I just ran downstairs to get a pastry without reading about it first. (Damn you Twitter! No one tweeted the coupon in 140 characters!) So I got a coffee, but no pastry. It was around 10:45am anyway, which was [...]
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The Outer Banks are one of the few places left where you can drive a car out onto the sand. There are designated areas for it, but some are only seasonal, and you can only drive from beach to beach in Corolla, far north of where we stayed in Nags Head. Though we spent a [...]
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We are taking the off-road vehicle because we’re going to a beach that allows them. WHEE!
It’s not fuel-efficient to take this car, but in the name of fun, we spend extra.
My friends, Mr. and Mrs. Peanut, will be tying the knot on the beach. Very exciting stuff. Mr. Peanut and I met 5 years ago [...]
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I’m up quite a bit because I was able to get my Medical FSA reimbursement earlier this month. It’s up 14.2% month over month and up about 15% from March of last year.
The main thing I noticed is that my main retirement account holdings is down 8.88% since the year began. That’s a lot and [...]
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Ah. Jersey City. It’s come quite a long way since 9/11 and all those downtown Manhattan firms have moved across the river. My friend’s lovely event was held at the Liberty House at Liberty State Park. There was a gorgeous moonlit view of Manhattan and at the edge, the Statue of Liberty. Beautiful, just like [...]
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Ah… 2008 wedding season is starting to rear its ugly head. In the past 2 months, I have received invitations or save the date notices for three weddings. I have known about one for over a year. The other two are for very short engagements, lasting at most for 6 months.
I have an Indian wedding [...]
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As far as the road trip went, we took our host’s advice and drove the George Washington Bridge. It was a fine trip through NYC during rush hour, but not as bad as you might think. Because of the graciousness of our host, I spent Saturday as a No-Spend Day, knitting and reading on couches [...]
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Every year I go to a camping event for 10 days in the desert. Tickets are usually $200+ by August. If you are smart, you buy them in January for $185. Even with the ticket handling fees, it ends up being a good deal than buying one at the gate for $300. Talk about Time [...]
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