Tips for All Your Small Space Issues
Given the size of my small apartment, space is always an issue. Our apartment is essentially one big room that encompasses our living area, eating space, office, library and pet homes (we luckily also have two bedrooms). Within our small space, I consider it an engineering marvel that my closets don’t spill out the minute [...]
The Budgeting Babe’s Fabulous Financial Challenge
Financial literacy has been a hot topic around my financial blogging friends lately. In fact, it’s so en vogue right now that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernake even made an announcement that the average American needs to do more at an early age to “navigate an increasingly complex financial marketplace.” People, that’s you. So this [...]
Class of 08 Scrambles to Find Work
Today’s Wall Street Journal noted that “As the credit crunch roils financial markets and the U.S. economy sputters, new college graduates are plunging into the rockiest job market in recent years.” The article reminds me of my job hunt after graduation; for months I sent dozens of resumes to every PR firm in Chicago only [...]
Tax Time
Phew! My taxes are filed. I’m glad to be done with them for the year. If you haven’t filed yours yet, get moving. You only have about a week left!I filed my taxes using H&R Block online. As many of you know, my lovely Aunt Mary usually files mine for free, but I ran out [...]
The Land of Bad Financial Decisions
Yesterday, I ventured into the land of bad decisions. I left my apartment at 8:00 a.m., running late and unprepared for the day ahead. I knew I had a series of events to attend, yet I had not determined how I was getting to them, coordinated meeting points with other attendees or planned how to [...]
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