State of the Debt
How I'm doing as of July 1st:Total debt: $44,591Bank of America $8,482Amex Blue $2,586Amex Gold $521CareCredit $577Chase PerfectCard $7,574Chase Universal $6,365Discover $4,387Student loan debt...
View ArticleAll about the H&R Block tax class
I took the H&R Block basic income tax class a few years ago, and since I know a lot of people come to this blog looking for info on it, I also wrote up an article for MoneyCrashers to spread the...
View ArticleAck ack ack
That's one ack for each thing that's gone wrong this month. It's been a ride, let me tell ya. First - Our kitchen ceiling started leaking, and after sawing a hole in it, the plumber determined there...
View ArticleFive Financial Lessons Learned from Star Wars
I am a big nerd so I thought this was funny. Today's entertainment is provided by the freelance writer Nicolas Gallego!Once a year, I force my family to sit down with me and watching the original three...
View ArticleState of the debt November 1st
How I'm doing as of November 1st:Total debt: $40,585Bank of America $7,916Amex Blue $2,103Amex Gold $0CareCredit $417Chase PerfectCard $6,779Chase Universal $5,545Discover $4,205Student loan debt...
View ArticleI am a business MACHINE
So a few months ago, after I had sold CashDuck and gotten that all squared away, I began to feel.. bored. Restless. I'm not used to not having a business to take care of! I'm still writing for...
View ArticleState of the debt
How I'm doing as of December 18th:Total debt: $37,938Bank of America $7,507Amex Blue $1,028Amex Gold $0CareCredit $0Chase PerfectCard $6,376Chase Universal $5,334Discover $4,196Student loan debt...
View ArticleDon't Give Up Yet! Why Sticking to Resolutions Can Save You Money
This is a guest post written by Sam Peters, who frequently blogs about topics relating to money and personal finance.The holidays are rarely nice to any of our budgets. I personally dread the holidays...
View ArticleGuest Post: Mitigating That Student Loan Burden
This is a guest post written by Sam Peters, who frequently blogs about topics relating to money and personal finance.Those of you following my battle against debt have probably realized that a...
View ArticleBig news!
Actually, two big pieces of news!First: Boyfriend got an upgrade and is now Fiance! He proposed at our favorite restaurant and I of course accepted. I had to tell my mom before I put it on Facebook,...
View ArticleMultiple savings goals
So of course right as I want to start saving up for the wedding, there are a lot of other expenses that I have to save for at the same time. It's frustrating because I do do a lot of extra side work,...
View ArticleTips on Finding Affordable Life insurance over 50
Today's sponsored post is provided by comparethemarket.com!Generally, the life insurance over 50 coverage plan is an insurance policy that is intended to benefit the senior citizens. It is specially...
View ArticleHoly cow!
Ok, that's a slightly toned down version of what I actually said to Fiance, but I was super excited! So, I get a lot of credit card offer junk mail, just like most people, because I make a good income...
View ArticleWhat do you do with a drunken sailor.. I mean, $1000
So I have quite a happy decision to make. The new business is doing quite well for itself, and at the end of March, if everything goes well, I'm going to be able to pull out $1,000 without any...
View ArticleProgress! Or, as most of us know it, two steps forward and one step back.
Although I have been very pleased at the rate I'm able to pay down my debt, it really bugs me that between all of these payments I'm making and how much I'm saving for the wedding and etc etc, I'm not...
View ArticleSo excited about refinancing! Is this what adulthood feels like?
So a while back I was doing some research on refinancing because I'd got a bee in my bonnet about trying to reduce our monthly expenses to save for the wedding. When we originally bought the house, we...
View ArticleWe all have dreams... mine include discontinued auto lines.
As you may have noticed, I'm a planner. Or perhaps you would more accurately call it being a daydreamer with a spreadsheet. Before we moved to the city we live in now, I'd compiled a large Excel list...
View ArticleKnocking out this wedding stuff like a boss.
As Fiance aptly put it the other day, we'd be the most boring episode of Bridezillas ever. There's not much about the wedding that I really want to be done a specific way, and those things I pretty...
View ArticleOne down!
I am very happy to report that as of Tuesday I will have completely paid off one of my longstanding credit cards. I had three credit cards that had large balances, and when I was unemployed four years...
View ArticleHow I do love checking off a checklist!
So my longtime readers may know that I am not a particularly girly girl. Normally this just manifests itself in having to buy new makeup every time I go back on the job market because that's the only...
View ArticleA milestone that seems pretty major to me!
So I would just like to notify all my loyal readers that I recently, as in two days ago, actually got approved for a credit card offer that I got in the mail! This is very exciting! The reason this is...
View ArticleYes I do want to know how much jewelry costs before I buy it... why is that...
Today Fiance and I went out to look at wedding rings. My engagement ring band is somewhat unusual, and we've looked at stores in the past and not found any good matches. However, this store had an...
View ArticleAnd now for the rest of our life...
Now that the wedding preparations are in full swing, we decided that that was just not enough crazy and so Fiance has gone and gotten himself a brand new job! He actually was not looking for one - the...
View ArticleReinvesting in my future
I became aware of Mr. Money Mustache a few weeks ago and have read a few posts - though it's the commenters that really interest me! Part of his philosophy is that you should have your "little green...
View ArticleMarriage'd!
Well, the day has finally come and gone - Fiance got an upgrade to Husband. People keep asking me if things feel different now, but I really can't say they do. (Of course, my stock answer to this is...
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