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Lack of Credit

I’ve been reading a lot about our current financial situation and what Congress is trying to do to fix things, and something in a recent article caught my eye.  This article discussed what we should know about the current financial crisis.  There was a lot about WaMu and FDIC and SIPC insurance, but the point [...]

October Grocery Plan

As I mentioned in a previous post, my grocery bills have been continually going up.  And up.  September’s groceries were surprisingly low, but I ate way too many meals at restaurants, something I need to change for this month.  I blame it on the fact that the roommate came back from abroad, so we were [...]

Christmas Slump

It’s getting a bit obvious that retailers are worried about low consumer spending for this year’s holiday season.  I know that Christmas always seems to start early, but I think this is the first year I saw Christmas decorations appearing in the store as early as August.  That’s even early for Halloween items, in my [...]

Fun With Search Engines

Taking a page from a number of bloggers, I’ve decided to go through my referral logs and find out what people are searching for when they find my blog through their search engine.

It appears that the search engines are doing their jobs, as a number of the search phrases make perfect sense:

Counting My Pennies
YNAB
baby shower
living [...]

Cash Has Wings

I have burned through a lot of cash this month.  I am typically a credit only spender – I try to keep my cash purchases to a minimum because I end up losing track of where the money went. Cash seems to grow wings and fly out of my wallet.  Usually this isn’t a problem.  [...]