The Dog Ate My Wallet

The Dog Ate My Wallet

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Tag Archive: student loans

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Student Loans are NOT the only Answer (a rant)

I attended Geek Girl Con this past weekend, and enjoyed myself tremendously. I am very proud to be a geek girl. I have been playing table top RPGs (think Dungeons & Dragons) since I was in 3rd grade. I’ve played Magic, L5R, and the Star Trek collectible card games, and I watch, read, and write science fiction and fantasy. Attending the con and buying a couple of items at it were planned into my allowance budget,read more…

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Reaching a Milestone

Sometimes the journey out of debt or just to a better financial picture can be long and tedious. It gets tiring, and you just get sick of it all. In order to counteract this fatigue, I choose financial milestones that I am looking forward to meeting as little points of celebration along the way. This week, we hit a milestone that I have been looking forward to meeting for a LONG time. I graduated in Mayread more…

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An Introduction of Sorts

I started this blog with the assumption that the only people who read it would be people who already knew me. But now that I’ve joined the Yakezie Challenge, I figured that maybe I should introduce myself. Since this is a personal finances blog, lets stick with the things that are most relevant to that. Demographics: Mid-30s, married, 2 dogs, homeowner (or mortgage holder, whatever you want to call it), 2 cars- both paid for, livingread more…