Choices
Every day we make hundreds, if not thousands, of choices. Some are mundane, like picking what color socks to wear. Others carry the weight of 10,000 bowling balls on our mind, like deciding whether to stay in a stale relationship. The rest fall squarely in between and become part of our routine, for instance, whether [...]
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
The Good: I finally got my big reimbursement check from my employer yesterday. We can all breathe a collective sigh of relief that it reached me before my rent check is due. The Bad: I need to figure out how to submit my flex spending expenses. I’ve spent about $150 on health care bills this [...]
Biting the Butt
I’ve been writing a lot about “serious” financial topics, like goal setting and reimbursement payments, etc. Thought you might like to hear a funny story, Budgeting Babe style, about a recent night out… Some special nights are spent dining on extravagant food in hipster joints, dressed to the nines, while other nights, like a recent [...]
Reimbursements, continued
Following up on my previous post, I paid off my credit card bills to zero this month. It’s not good to keep a balance on a charge card, and I just couldn’t bear to have my credit affected by work-related expenses. So the good news is that I’m in the clear for credit. The bad [...]
I’m Freaking Out, a Little
I have a headache…my money is out of control! And due to no fault of my own (which really steams me). I’m currently waiting for more money in reimbursements from my office than I have in my checking account (it’s on my personal credit card right now), and the due date for my payment – [...]
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