Ski Trip Weekend!
Ski trip weekend is here! This is when my closest friends and I take our annual girls’ trip. We decided two years ago that as we get older and our lives change, we needed to make a commitment to each other to renew our friendship every year. And though one of the regulars can’t make [...]
Is Staying In the New Going Out?
Pack away the fancy heels and close up the closet. I’m saving cash for next week’s big annual ski trip with the girls, which means I’m staying in this weekend to save some dinero. On the agenda for tonight: Recipe for home-cooked dinner. Bottle of wine. SNL. $3.50 1000-piece puzzle I bought at Target. Plenty [...]
UPDATED: Be Aware Of Montly Expense Changes (or Ramen Noodles Forever)
Our electricity bill in December and January doubled this year vs. last year; up from the $150 range to $300 per month. We’re not using more electricity; the cost of it must have gone up. But it begs the question: when a monthly expense suddenly becomes more expensive, how do you cope? Eating nothing but [...]
Random Thoughts: We’re Writing Off 2009 Edition…
In the last two weeks, I’ve noticed that people have already written off 2009. Congressmen, spokespersons, business leaders and tv personalities are all saying things won’t get better until 2010 (if that). If our government and business leaders have already written off an entire year as early as February, how are the rest of us [...]
Response about my W-2, and a note for Mely5862…
I just wanted to take a minute and say thanks to everyone for participating in such a great discussion in reaction to Why My W-2 Makes Me Cry. Despite how often I think, read and talk about finance with friends, family and readers, I was definitely hurting as I considered my 38.8 percent drop in [...]
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