Tag: money tips
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Spending Under Pressure
Pressure will make you do funny things with your money. It’ll make you give $20 to a fanny-pack-wearing-man in the park who only asked for $15 and who deserved about $0.
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College Degrees and Varying Degrees of Worthlessness
Yup, college is expensive. Yup, expensive endeavors are not to be taken lightly, especially by the non-loaded. There are many college degrees that some people would consider worthless. I submit that a great deal of the value derived from a college degree has nothing to do with the concentration/focus/major.
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What I Like About You
Tired of hearing about what you’re doing wrong with your finances? You need to focus on what your doing right; that’s what I like about you.
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Hubs Let’s Me Handle The Money
It occurred to me today that I’ve never really talked about how Husband and I manage our finances. It’s really the thing to do in the personal finance blogging world, because, after all, who wants to read financial advice from a lady who can’t even balance a checkbook. Yes, I could straight up lie to…
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Boredom & Spending
As the old saying goes: Familiarity breeds contempt (of people). There is, however, a lesser known variation of this famous phrase (lesser known because I just made it up, feel free to spread it around): Familiarity breeds boredom (of stuff). Boredom can have many negative side effects: dizziness, weight gain, whining, grumpiness, and, perhaps most…
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The Emotional Purchase
Emotionality is frequently the driving force behind an impulse purchase. Will the purchase of a single hat ensure that all a woman’s dreams will come true? Likely not, it was an ugly hat; not to mention, IT WAS A HAT not a magic lantern.