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Dealing with unwanted advice

Do any of you have a problem with unwanted advice?

I have a few coworkers who are always offering unsolicited and unwanted advice.

Now, I know they mean well, and I appreciate that.  They aren’t advising me based on any personal gain for themselves (unlike the former coworker who always advised me to use specific Mary Kay [...]

Making a coupon “worth it”

As I’m writing this, I just got back from the grocery store.  I had a 5% off coupon good for my entire purchase (with some exceptions, of course).  The coupon was set to expire on 12/25, and I wasn’t sure when I would have time to do a serious shop before then, so when the [...]

Budgeting for 2010

Unrelated to anything I wanted to write about today, how are you referring to the year 2010? It’s been a bit of a debate in our office lately. We don’t have to have an official way to say it, but it’s interesting to see all the variety. This year, 2009, is “oh-nine.” [...]

Argh.

This has not been the world’s best week. Yesterday, I woke up to find water running down the wall in my kitchen. Not exactly what you want to see at 6 in the morning. Or ever, really.

So it turns out that the people upstairs had a leak in their kitchen. And [...]

November Net Worth Update (+2.62%)

Another month of positive movement for my net worth! In November, my net worth increased 2.62%. Breaking down the numbers, it looks like my investments had a surprisingly good month, while my cash accounts only increased a little bit. Of course, there was some movement from cash to investments, as always (Roth [...]