I’m curious

Dear readers, I want to know how your summer budgets are holding up. Mine was awful in spring, mostly due to weddings, vacations and going out. June has been much better; I’ve been able to stay under budget in all my categories. How are you doing?

Hot

My apartment smells like something died in it. It reeks like hot garbage. I think it’s the pipes. It has to be the pipes. We’ve cleaned everything else: we got rid of all the old food in the fridge, ran the dishwasher, emptied the trash cans, cleaned out the cat litter box and the turtle [...]

Worst Weekend Ever

Exhibit A:While doing absolutely nothing on Thursday night, I sleepily walked into my loveseat and partially dislocated my pinkie toe. Ordinarily, I don’t give too much thought to pinkie toes, because frankly, I’m a little embarrassed of mine. But for this weekend lil’ pink is all I thought about. I saw a doctor, got x-rays, [...]

Summer products I like

I haven’t done any product reviews or summer tips recently, mostly due to my travel schedule. Luckily, tomorrow’s trip to New York was cancelled, so now I can provide you with a top-notch review. OK, maybe it’s more like totally subjective than top-notch, but here’s something at least. Top summer products I like (that are [...]

The 100 most inspirational personal finance stories

Filed under my list of coolest things I’ve seen in a while: The Credit Card Lowdown recently published the top 100 most inspirational personal finance turnaround stories online. While I’m pleased to say that I’m listed as one of them, I’m truly humbled by the success stories of those also on the list. Great job [...]

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