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September 2010

Is MonaVie Juice a Scam?

September 30, 2010

(By Lazy Man — I’d like to thank J. Money for giving me a stage to tell my story for the day. I am the man behind Lazy Man and Money, a personal finance blog somewhat similar to Budgets are Sexy.) MonaVie and Me One day my wife came home and told me that she [...]

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Is it too early for me to purchase my first home?

September 29, 2010

Time to help a reader out! Been getting a lot of similar questions like this lately, so figured I’d pass this along in case any of you are thinking about it too :)  And to be quite honest, I think I’m wayyyyy too jaded with home ownership right now to give a non-biased opinion! Haha… [...]

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Remember when gas was like $5/gallon?

September 28, 2010

And everyone was freaking out and saying it was the death of SUVs and get ready for $10/gallon?  Hahahahaha…. Oh man, our society is so crazy sometimes.  I haven’t heard a peep about our dependency on oil in over 2 years now. (Watch, next week it explodes in my face and we’re back at $60 [...]

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5 Things I Kinda Feel Bad About

September 27, 2010

I started this post in November of 2009, but for whatever reason it seemed I didn’t want to finish it (not one of the things I feel bad about, btw ;)).  I think it had to do with not thinking these were all that exciting, mixed with really feeling guilty. And probably more so on [...]

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When you’re on the right track…

September 24, 2010

You know when everything is rolling smoothly? When you can’t believe how good your fortune is? When you’re plans are actually WORKING and going in your favor? These are all signs you’re on the right track. It doesn’t happen all too often, but when it does you know it.  And it happens with both big [...]

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Weekly Love: Drake, Jokes, and Reward Card Stealing

September 24, 2010

It’s Friday baby, rejoice!!! What a crazy week up in hurrr.  Lots of losses, lots of love, and lots of LIVING.  It really is amazing how different these weeks can be from each other.  But it’s also awesome :)  And I hope you all are having more love and drama too! Some favorite articles/sites/carnivals from [...]

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Kiva – The Rock Stars of Microfinancing!

September 23, 2010

I’m officially a Kiva member! It took me only about 2 years since first hearing about ‘em, but I’m now lending and feeling damn good about it. If you recall from Twitter, I had met a partner of Kiva on my plane ride out to Poland and was enthralled before he could finish his 3rd [...]

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“Easy For Me to Say”

September 22, 2010

Every now and then I get told my advice is “easy for me to say” cuz I have a lot of money saved up. Well of course it’s easy for me to say – I’m the one living through it all! :)  It doesn’t mean you’re gonna have the same results as me, or that [...]

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It’s Official: Our Employee Benefits Are Over

September 21, 2010
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I probably shouldn’t be blogging about this, but F it. It’s my blog and I can cry if I want to. All our benefits are going away!!! It seems our 4 year run of fun has finally come to a close and we’ll be acting like a real business now… I can’t say it’s all [...]

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Don’t Go Shopping While Drunk.

September 20, 2010
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Sometimes when you get home from work, all you want is a beer or glass of wine. Totally cool.  But if you plan on going out shopping afterward, a word to the wise:  BE CAREFUL! There’s nothing like a few drinks to get your wallet all loosey goosey. And that’s exactly what happened to me [...]

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