My last five

I feel pretty good about today’s edition of My Last Five expenses. This weekend I actually turned down a shopping trip on Sunday in favor of reading a weepy Tribune article in my pajamas (and yes, there was weeping involved), and managed to cook most of my meals instead of eating out. Apparently 2008 is [...]

Arg.

Great. As if in response to the thoughts I posted earlier today, my 401K is down like $700. Don’t worry, it will come back. I don’t need it for about 40 more years anyway.

This is our reality

From MSNBC today: “Talk of recession, a weak dollar, and rising unemployment all animate Millennials’ economic angst. But there’s a lot more to it than that. Young people may not know that the inflation-adjusted earnings of new college grads have fallen 8.5 percent since 2000. But they can feel it in the deflated salaries and [...]

A few things

I’m working on a few posts of significance, including an update on my 2007 financial progress and my 2008 New Year’s resolutions. Until then, perhaps I can keep your interest with these two budget-friendly items: 1) My best friend’s playlist. She has great taste in music, if you’re in to indie rock or a more [...]

OMG! I will blow your mind with sandwich news!!!

Attention working peeps of the world who are on budgets: I know you try to keep your lunches under a certain amount of $$ each day, and I know you don’t always have time to bring lunches from home (I try, but it never seems to work). So you often resort to fast food joints, [...]

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