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Are you an inadvertant collector?

If you asked me if there was anything I collected, my first reaction would be to say no. I don’t acquire and keep a specific set of items for the purpose of collecting. But looking around my home, it’s clear that I am a collector.

No matter how hard I try, I will always [...]

Gadget Lust

I freely admit that I am a gadget geek. I am lost without my iPod, and I’m literally lost without my GPS (I have the world’s worst sense of direction). I have gadgets that I wear when I run and gadgets that I use when I cook. The minute my computer starts [...]

Emotions and Money

Thanks to Oprah, I’ve been reading Suze Orman’s “Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny.” I’m a huge fan of Suze’s show, and I continually recommend “The Money Book For the Young, Fabulous, and Broke” to all my friends. I’ve had “Women and Money” on my wishlist for some time [...]

What to do with old textbooks

Over on College of Cash, there was an article about whether or not to sell your college textbooks back to the school bookstore. The article was linked to from the most recent Carnival of Personal Finance (which I highly recommend), so I’m sure it’s getting a number of hits.

I agree with some of the [...]

Personal Library

In recent months, I have been doing my best to declutter my home. I’ve tried to get rid of things that I don’t really want or need, or things that I just have too many of. Since I just moved in September, I did a pretty good job of cleaning things out before [...]