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A few weeks ago a good friend of mine told me she was not living the life she planned. My friend didn’t mention the specifics of how her life was falling short, but she was clearly depressed by it. I started to wonder how many of us live the life we planned. For that matter … Read more
This past weekend I returned an unwanted cordless phone to Target. I patiently waited in the customer service line for quite some time. There were only two customers in front of me and neither one of them had an extraordinary number of items. With two customers and two or three items each it seemed that … Read more
Before I proceed with this post let me tell you that I am 29 years old. Although I ride the line between Generation X and Generation Y, I am not out of touch with recent graduates. After all, graduation was eight short years ago, and had I taken an extra year or two to graduate, … Read more
The San Francisco Chronicle has a unbelievable story about a woman who literally chased down and caught a perpetrator who had stolen her identity. By breaking into the victim’s mailbox the thief managed to capture social security numbers and debit and credit cards in the victim’s name. With this information she was able to forge … Read more
I witnessed something interesting last week when I purchased my lunch at a Subway restaurant near my home. I was in line behind a group of young girls, I would estimate their age somewhere between 15 – 18. The restaurant was really busy, as Subway tends to be in the middle of the day. To … Read more
I recently decided to further my career by taking the PMP (Project Management Professional) exam. Of course, I’m one frugal girl. I like to clip coupons, use online coupon codes, and search high and low for the cheapest prices. So naturally I started comparing prices when I decided to purchase a test preparation book. I’m … Read more
Money Smart Life asked a group of ladies, including myself, for a list of items we obsess about. I have to admit that I’m not usually the obsessive type. I read Money Smart Life’s article on America’s obsession with money, and I can definitely say that this is one area of my life in which … Read more
A few weeks ago one of the smaller diamonds in my engagement ring fell out. I was driving home from work and fiddling with my ring when I realized it felt exceedingly sharp. Turns out somewhere between my office and my car the prong broke and the diamond fell out. Of course, I have absolutely … Read more
There were two interesting articles in the Sunday edition of the Washington Post. The first: Sudden Overload discusses the large number of mortgages adjusting upwards as borrowers of interest only mortgages as payments of principal become due. The second: A Horror Movie For Our Times discusses a new documentary and companion book, which focuses on … Read more
So I realized that I think about money way to often when I had a dream about it last night. Here’s the dream:I had gone back to college for some type of reunion. All of the people that lived in my old dorm were there and we had to line up in order of net … Read more