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Buyer’s Remorse

I am terrible about buyer’s remorse.  Every time I spend a large amount of money, I immediately have buyer’s remorse.  I can’t explain it.  It happened with my car, which I bought six years ago and still love.  It happened with my computer (bought a year and a half ago and I still love it).  [...]

Making room

The heat has sapped all my blogging skills.  Or something.  Inadvertent hiatus.  Sorry, readers.

Actually, it’s just been a crazy couple of weeks.  And it’s hot.  It makes me glad that my rent includes electric.  I’m not keeping it ridiculously cool in my apartment, but it’s nice to be able to sit and read a book [...]

“I can’t, I’m broke.”

Does this phrase bother you when uttered by people who you know have money?

What about “I just can’t afford that right now.”  Or “It’s not in the budget.”

It’s just another way of saying “I am not going to spend money on that right now.”  And we all have our reasons.  Maybe we can’t go out [...]

Stupid Mistakes

I made a really stupid mistake two months ago

I don’t automate my credit card payments, but I submit payments every month a few days after the statement closing date.

When my credit card bill was issued online in April, I went to pay it like normal.  I selected the option to pay the whole thing, recorded [...]

Very uncomfortable

I was in the middle of writing another post when my cell phone rang with an unknown number.  I answered, and it was someone asking questions about a blog post.  On this blog.

Now, I’m clearly not completely anonymous, but I try to keep things a little simple.  Sure, I know exactly how this guy got [...]