A Night of Good Decisions (Mostly)
Last night I attended the Weezer Memories concert at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago. Rivers Cuomo and the crew put on a lively show despite a few oddly long sound checks, and I danced and sang my heart out from a ridiculously crowded spot in the back of a likely oversold packed house. With the [...]
Your Favorite Budgeting Babe Posts of 2010
Thanks to Google Analytics, here are the most visited posts of 2010 on The Budgeting Babe: Letting the Grass Grow. I got a lot of positive feedback on this one from friends and colleagues. The truth is, climbing the corporate ladder isn’t for everyone all of the time. As I’m learning, personal growth can happen [...]
Recovery – And a few goal-setting thoughts
OK, a little yoga, some vitamins, a nutritious meal (including steamed kale – who knew?!), and a few cups of tea later, I’m feeling like sharing some 2011 goals. FINANCE Savings Account – Increase by $12,000 ($1,000/month) Retirement – Continue to invest at 10% all year Auto loan – Pay $300/month Attend a home buying [...]
Welcome to 2011…Goal-setting starts now.
Peeps, I rang in the new year on Friday night a little too festively – I’m still totally hurting! We had a lovely evening starting with dinner at a cute local grille called Barclay’s, where I enjoyed shrimp cocktail, salad, bacon-wrapped pork loin and mashed sweet potatoes in a maple syrup -yum!- and then settled [...]
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