April 2011

Keep Your Wallet From a Hangover

April 29, 2011

(Guest Post by Paula Pant, while J$ is in Cali) It’s no secret that our dear friend J. Money loves beer – he ranks it among hip-hop, his mohawk and his insanely high credit score as his favorite things in life. (Oh yeah, and I guess he also loves his family, blah blah blah.) Others [...]

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How to Think Like an Extreme Couponer

April 28, 2011

(Guest Post by Lisa, while J$ is in Cali) It seems I have finally come in to fashion. See, I’ve been couponing since long before couponing was cool. Notice how I even use the word coupon as a verb? I do it with CVS too. As in, “I’m going CVS’ing as soon as my husband [...]

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The Poorest Time of My Life

April 27, 2011

(Guest Post by Ashley, while J$ is in Cali) Ironically, the poorest time in my life was not when I was making the least amount of money. My poorest time was when I was 23 and working full time in a call center. I was making $10 an hour, which wasn’t a lot, but I [...]

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Side Hustle Series: I’m a Mystery Shopper

April 26, 2011

(Guest Post by Lauryn Doll, while J$ is in Cali) You never know who I am, when I’m coming, or where I’ll pop up. Today, I’m just a random customer buying a bagel with cream cheese on the way to work. Two weeks from now, I’ll be the stupid lady at the electronics store testing [...]

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The Curse Machine, California, & Your Mission This Week

April 25, 2011

The Cursing Machine is flipped back on now, but you better believe I’m gonna still try and tame it! ;) I realized a LOT of people curse a LOT of times ever since monitoring myself the last few weeks… it sticks out so clearly now! And actually sounds kinda abrasive now, which is weird. I [...]

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Five For Friday

April 22, 2011

Happy Friday guys! I’m starting something new today, and whether we continue it down the road depends on how you participate ;) I’m going to ask you 5 questions and your mission is to answer them as truthfully as you can. Deal? Let’s go! J. Money’s Five for Friday: What was the last thing you [...]

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Our Project Hits The News!!

April 22, 2011

How crazy is that?? A little seed that gets planted in the head one day becomes reality :) Sooooo proud of our entire Love Drop Team, they have the heart and passion like no other. You guys are killing it!! Here’s the clip from CBS’ Channel 3 in Philly. W00T: (Entire story can be found [...]

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Two Great Credit Card Tips From a Reader

April 21, 2011

Check out this email I just got. Love it when y’all pass along good info!! That’s how we learn baby, through experiencing and sharing! ———————————————— Yesterday my Chase Visa account was hacked (waaaaah!) but fortunately for me, I had done something to nip it in the bud and prevent it from becoming a real pain [...]

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Un-Automating Stuff Can Help Too

April 20, 2011

Yesterday’s post on quarterly taxes was pretty cool. Not because I wrote it and it felt good to get it out (it did!), but ‘cuz of the discussions and ideas going on in the comments. I know I say it all the time, but that’s my fave part about blogging! Especially when it generates future [...]

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My New Life w/ Quarterly Taxes. Ugh.

April 19, 2011

So yeah, I finally found something annoying about self-employment: paying your own taxes! I all of a sudden have a higher appreciation for all those HR departments out there — y’all make it so EASY for us!! :) And even though I knew this fateful day would eventually come, I still have to begrudgingly accept [...]

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