Comments on: Reflections on money

By: Nenad

Nenad — Thu, 11 May 2006 12:58:00 +0000

Hi Nicole, just discovered your blog on DMOZ. I really like this particular article… It sums up my own thoughts on money very well.

By: James & Miel

James & Miel — Fri, 05 May 2006 05:09:00 +0000

Hi Budgetbabe,

A great post. Its nice to see someone promoting saving these days, its pretty rare!

-James

By: dasha

dasha — Mon, 01 May 2006 18:28:00 +0000

Fabulous! Always encouraging to hear from other people who are in the same boat as me

By: Gigi

Gigi — Mon, 01 May 2006 15:11:00 +0000

I have one of those #6 friends, she’s always telling me how broke she is and wants to go out because she knows the bartender and can get free drinks. Tempting, but not enough for me to leave my suburb often for the Wrigleyville. It definitely saves me money living in the burbs. I’d be out and cabbing almost every weekend.

By: GIV

GIV — Mon, 01 May 2006 14:20:00 +0000

You get bonus points for coining the phrase "spendy and trendy".

Magic.

By: cashin

cashin — Mon, 01 May 2006 03:31:00 +0000

Beautiful post!
Again, thank you for taking us along for the ride on your financial journey! You see the bigger picture of what’s important in life.

By: mapgirl

mapgirl — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 23:01:00 +0000

Hi Nicole, This is a really thoughtful and enjoyable post. Thanks for sharing it.

By: Scot Herrick

Scot Herrick — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 05:12:00 +0000

Hi Nicole,

First, congratulations on your promotion (from an earlier post!).

Second, glad to see you posted an updated picture on your blog (you probably did this months ago, but I subscribe via RSS and don't see the picture...).

Third, your financial advisor friend can dish Suzy, but there is one consistent theme through all of your points on money: the psychology the dollar holds on us tells us how we will behave.

If we think it's more important to be with a friend, then we'll be with a friend. If it's easier for us to spend a thousand dollars on a weekend, then that is what we will do. If we feel guilty and the way to salve the guilt is to go shopping, we will go shopping.

People who have personal finance blogs can come across as "save, save,save" fanantics. But the blogs are really about how we think about money and we talk about how we implement those choices in our posts.

Good post; I continue to enjoy your insights.

Scot