Stupid purchase update

Make it $52.47 on scrapbooking materials to complete the vacation memory book. Christ, that’s $2.47 more out of this paycheck to scrapbooking than I sent to my retirement fund. How can that be?

Investing is terrifying

Have you ever looked at an entire newsletter and realized that you had no idea what the newsletter was about? That’s how I felt reading my quarterly statement from my 401K company. It seems like I’m just giving my money away to someone who has no regard for my personal well-being; they certainly have no [...]

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Budgeting, much like quitting smoking, is a necessary evil. If I can quit smoking, join a gym and run a 5K in one year, I can surely adhere to a budget. But budgeting is not as easy as it seems! There are pretty things screaming “buy me!” at every turn, family fundraising events, cheap flights [...]