December 2009

Money CAN Buy Happiness :)

December 11, 2009

We spend a lot of time cutting back and saving, and doing whatever else we can to ensure a healthy nest egg, but there’s something to say about SPENDING too. You know that saying, “Money can’t buy happiness?” Well, I believe it’s only partially true. Money can’t buy you love, or youth, or that feeling [...]

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Weekly Roundup: Comics, Coins, and Ridiculousness

December 11, 2009

So Yeah, a TON of good articles out there this week! Instead of writing up mini-paragraphs for them, I’m just adding a word or two to describe the posts. You can always just go by the headline whether it’s click-worthy or not, right? I’m pretty sure that’s what you do anyways ;) Check out the [...]

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T.J. Maxx & Marshalls: The Pimps of Bargain Shopping

December 10, 2009

It’s true, they’re awesome. And they also want to give you two $25 gift cards! Well, they actually gave ‘em to me to so I can blog about my experience, but I thought I’d pass them along to you instead ;) I don’t need any free money to pimp them out – I already love [...]

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5 Financial Tips for College Students….(lucky bastards)

December 9, 2009

If you’re in college and reading this,YOU ARE SMART! Not only for getting into college (naturally) but for wanting to get a head start on your finances. When I was your age the only thing I cared about was women & beer pong – and in that particular order. As long as I had enough [...]

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Blogger Showdown #7: Liz Weston vs. Kathy Kristof

December 8, 2009

It’s PF Blogger Showdown #7, baby! Featuring Liz Pulliam Weston – aka “the web’s #1 personal finance columnist” and Kathy Kristof – LA Times finance guru and one of my new favorite people! Yup, we’ve gone to the actual experts today my friends and their answers show it. Two finance stars with the blogs & [...]

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Be Proud of Your Emergency Fund!

December 7, 2009

I can’t remember where I saw it, but someone recently said they “only” had $1,000 in their Emergency Fund. The first thing I thought when I read that was, GREAT!!! Do you know how many people don’t even have a dollar in their emergency funds? Or even know what an e. fund is? A lot. [...]

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What’s your biggest financial fear?

December 4, 2009

That you’d lose all your money? That your credit cards get illegally maxed? Single Guy Money recently asked this very same question and I gotta tell you, it took me a while to come up with an answer. I mean yeah, all that stuff above would really suck and piss me off, but I can’t [...]

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Weekly Roundup: Uncluttering, Entrepreneurship & 50 Cent

December 4, 2009

Favorite Articles This Week: If you had $5 and 2 hours, what would you do to make as much money as possible? @ Sachin’s Posterous – One of the BEST articles/videos on entrepreneurship I’ve ever seen. I highly recommend checking this out to help your brain juice up a bit…man this $hit excites me. The [...]

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iReview the iPhone…Because it saves me money!

December 3, 2009

I’ve had my iPhone 3GS for a good 4 months now, and overall I’m pretty impressed. You really don’t realize how much down time you actually have until you’ve got one ;) I had already counted on commuting time (45 mins each way, M-F) but every day something else seems to pop up. Today it [...]

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Net Worth: November – Slap on 7 More G’s.

December 2, 2009

I’ll put an extra $7k in my pocket any day. And month, too. As I mentioned in last month’s update, we’re pretty much on autopilot ’till the end of the year (when it’s time to max out the 401(k) and Roth all over again). This is great financially, but perhaps a bit boring to read [...]

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