December 2011

Your Mission This Weekend: Get Those Last Minute Tax Deductions!

December 30, 2011

Maaaaaan, can you believe it’s already the end of 2011?? What a freakin fast year! And of course, we can’t close it out without us personal finance bloggers having some last words on tax deductions ya know ;) It’s part of our jobs! So if you’ve been putting off all those clothes/money donations this whole [...]

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Weekly Roundup: Vegas, Vanderbilts and Mohawks

December 30, 2011

Happppppppy Friday my sexy little budgeters! Y’all gearing up for some fun New Years plans? I hope so! I’m gonna do something cRaZy this year and watch movies at my house! Ooooooooohhhh you’re jealous, I know. Not everyone can be as cool as me ;) Wherever you’ll be this holiday weekend though, make sure you’re [...]

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Godiva or Gumballs?

December 29, 2011

(Guest Post by Barbara “Babs” Wagner – who once told us what old people know about money) One day I was at the mall with my two small sons and we passed a Godiva chocolate store. I don’t know why, but I said “let’s go in and get a treat.” I let each boy look [...]

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It’s New Year’s Resolutions time! Whatcha got this year?

December 28, 2011

Y’all do okay w/ last year’s? You gonna pick the same ones cuz you forgot all year long? Haha… I’m gonna go back and search through my old posts now for mine (one of the pros of blogging is that it’s all recorded!). Okay here we are…. it looks like I just had ONE for [...]

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I Bought My First Piece of Art!

December 27, 2011

You like it? How much do you think I spent on it? (I’ll tell you at the end of the post ;)) I had absolutely no intention of spending ANYTHING the night I picked this up, but the second I locked eyes on it I KNEW I had to get it for my blogger den! [...]

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It’s My Birthday And I Can Shop If I Want To ;)

December 26, 2011

I probably won’t, but it’s okay if I do! Haha… actually, every year I look forward to walking around downtown where I grew up, and just spending time w/ the family :) We walk into about 10+ stores (mainly book and antique ones), but I rarely come away with anything particular on these trips. Except [...]

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Last Minute Xmas Shopping? Uh-Ohs…

December 23, 2011

It seems I have pushed it to the very end this year – I’m still only 50% finished with Christmas gifts! Yikes… and I’m literally in Wisconsin right now working my way back home to the DC area in time for a nice dinner and party w/ the family… which means I’ll only have ONE [...]

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Weekly Roundup: Jay-Z, Ferraris and Preventing Wealth

December 23, 2011

Here’s some good reading material for over the weekend if you get bored/tired of all that family time! Haha… Or if you just want to continue getting your learn on ;) Happy Holidays! Why I’m quitting my day job and moving to Europe @ Give Me Back My Five Bucks Beauty Holding: Investing in Models? [...]

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How I Lost A Fortune Getting Out of Debt

December 22, 2011

(Guest Post by Todd R. Tresidder — A great guy with a rather interesting take on his self-proclaimed “mistake” — I don’t know if I’d call it that, but how do YOU see it?) I thought it was a smart move, but I guess I still had a few things to learn. The plan seemed [...]

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The HP Laptop Winner! CONGRATS!

December 22, 2011

One of you are about to be the new owner of a kick ass laptop! With over 400+ entries from last week’s giveaway post, you sure are lucky! :) And HUGE thanks again to the fine folks over at Dealzon – it was because of them that we were able to offer this up today. [...]

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