I am very excited to be participating in Women’s Money Week 2012. I am breaking from my usual posting schedule to post everyday this week in support of this project. Today’s post is about Budgeting. Click here for more posts on this topic. There is a part of me today that just wants to cheat and point you to my earlier posts A Budget is NOT the First Thing You Need, A Budget is Not the Secondread more…
I am very excited to be participating in Women’s Money Week 2012. I am breaking from my usual posting schedule to post everyday this week in support of this project. Today’s post is about Saving and Investing. Click here for more posts on this topic. In high school government class, we had to pick some stocks and follow them for a semester in order to see (kind of) how the stock market worked. I had toread more…
I am very excited to be participating in Women’s Money Week 2012. I am breaking from my usual posting schedule to post everyday this week in support of this project. Today’s post is about Relationships and Money. Click here for more posts on this topic. If you are new here thanks to Women’s Money Week, welcome! So glad to see you. If you have any questions about what I’m talking about, ask. I’m always happyread more…
I am very excited to be participating in Women’s Money Week 2012. I hope to have a new post for you every day this week. (Ambitious of me, I know.) Today’s post is about Entrepreneurship and Making Money. Click here for more posts on this topic. (Sorry this first post is late. With everything else going on in my life, I kind of forgot that this was Women’s Money Week. Posts for the rest ofread more…
Day Amount Place Category Monday $ 50.00 Gas Car Wednesday $ 5.00 Cafeteria Allowance $ 32.00 Old Spaghetting Factory Eating Out Friday $ 6.50 Cafeteria Allowance Saturday $ 25.00 CostCo Groceries Sunday $ 26.00 Qdoba Eating Out Under $150 this week. That seems really nice, though it is a little deceptive, since we got our CostCo refund check (of over $100) and used that this weekend. Still, a week of not too much spending, even thoughread more…
Normally the dogs barely wake up when C leaves for class on Saturday morning. But not today. Today they are up and barky and wanting to play tug with my clothes. Foster dog Howie keeps asking to go outside. Finally, on the fourth out, the one I have to put on shoes and a sweatshirt for, he does something. And, this all seems worse than it really is because I feel like crud. I have sinceread more…
Are you one of those people that always puts others first? That no matter what you have going on that needs to be done, you take care of everyone else’s wants before you even consider making time for yourself? This is a trait often associated with women, but I know a number of men who have it, too. (Including roomie J.) I struggle with this trait, and yes, I call it a struggle, because I don’tread more…
Day Amount Place Category Monday $ 70.00 Massage Allowance Friday $300.00 Adoption Agency Child Saturday $ 80.00 Safeway Groceries Sunday $ 2.00 Starbucks Allowance $ 50.00 Gas Car This was a good week, spending wise. Yes, I got myself a massage on Monday. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have been able to turn my head the entire week. I put that expense under allowance, but on some level, it is medical. I have a very messedread more…
While I ponder whether or not I’m going to do anything about Comcast charging me $90/month for internet and one channel (the Discovery channel, everything else I get is a broadcast or PBS station and could be picked up without cable), here’s what I ‘ve been reading this last week. Over at the Money Principle, John talks about being a baby boomer, and what that means to him in these uncertain financial times. Super Frugaletteread more…
