The “Live like you are miserably poor” Challenge.
Hello everyone. The “Ten Items of Happiness” Challenge was a roaring success, not just for me but with you guys as well! I’m so happy and jazzed about actually completing a challenge that I got to...
View ArticleMy first week on a No Spend Challenge
Errr….didn’t go so well. Trust me, no one who knows me very well is surprised by this. Here is how my spending went for my first week on a no spend challenge: Monday 6/25: I ended up going to my Dad’s...
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How to cut spending!
You may have heard me gushing on my blog/twitter about this FREE debt worksheet I’ve been working off starting last month. A fellow pf blogger, John at Married with Debt was kind enough to send over...
View ArticleDesigner Furniture in Your Twenties will screw you.
I’ve been blogging for a spell now, and thought it would be prudent to share one of my larger financial mistakes. Take my advice: if you are young and single (male or female) do NOT buy furniture in...
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Aggressive Budgeting
So last week I wrote about how grocery shopping was a good exercise in learning how to stick to a budget. This week I want to talk about aggressive budgeting and how to set up a budget that works for...
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Five Most Common Money Problems: Money Nightmares and Women
In the latest issue of Self magazine they have a piece entitled “Money Nightmares” based on a poll they conducted with their readers. In fact, these money nightmares “regularly” keep up to 69% of the...
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Dirty Financial Secrets
Happy Friday everyone. Even though it was a short week I am SUPER glad the weekend is here. It is my first weekend without having to work in about six months…not exactly sure what I will be doing yet,...
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More Pushin’ for Your Money Cushion
So it’s the first month of a new year, and everyone is re-evaluating their budgets in January (if you aren’t-you should be!). If you’ve been keeping up with me, you’ll know that I have some amount of...
View ArticleFinancial ignorance is bliss. For now.
They say that ignorance is bliss. They are correct. As children, we live in a world where everything is sunshine and puppies. We will never get old and our family and friends will live forever. We will...
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Help! Bad Genes are Ruining My Budget!
Adult life welcomed me back from the beach with two big slaps in the face: work needing to be done on my car so I can pass the Atlanta emissions standards (I can’t get new tags without it!), and...
View ArticleI Can’t Afford to be Sick!
And I’m not talking about being sick-sick, the unfortunate kind where you are at home and out of work indefinitely. I’m talking about how the winter chill or spring cold can easily derail your monthly...
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How to Host A Backyard Campout Birthday Party On the Cheap
It’s taken me forever to put up the pictures of my birthday party, but what better time than a month later while I’m reminiscing about how much fun it was? You know the HBO show “Girls”? Well there is...
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A Very Leaky Bucket
Ever have one of those weeks months where you feel your wallet is a bucket with a really big hole in it? I’m not talking about a small leak, more like a full on deluge, kinda like this: This isn’t the...
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Is it FOMO? Or just me being afraid people will like me less?
Oh, you know FOMO? Fear of Missing Out? I thought it was ruling my life and my wallet lately, because even though I have been whining about my full financial plate this month, I still kept saying yes...
View ArticleGUEST POST: The Big Ticket Item
Living responsibly with your money is hard. There’s no question. It’s hard to deny yourself fun stuff you want to buy, hard to put long-term plans ahead of short-term gains. Learning when to economize...
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Debt: The Great Anchor
Someone once said, “What would you do if you knew you could not fail?” Conversely, I’d like to flip this on its head and ask, “What would you do if knew you had no debt?” Usually, it is those deepest...
View ArticleSome Words on Plateaus
*Today’s post is by staff writer Michelle. In every journey there comes a moment when you have to dig deep and go beyond the point that you’re currently in. We typically consider this moment a...
View ArticleHow To Start Budgeting
*today’s post is by staff writer Jordann. Enjoy! The first budget I ever made was in University. I didn’t realize that I was budgeting at the time. I just knew that when my student loans I came in, I...
View ArticleHow to Combine Finances with Your Significant Other
*Today’s post is by staff writer Erin, and also super appropriate since I will be combining finances very soon. Thanks Erin! You’re in love! You found the One, your soul mate, the person you want to...
View ArticleWould you pay for your own engagement ring?
I love my engagement ring. I can’t stop looking at it, and seeing it on my finger and knowing what it means makes me happy. Still, an engagement ring is a sizeable purchase, and one that is hotly...
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