Since my entry on Emotions and Finance was included in the Festival of Frugality, I’ve noticed a number of people linking to it, and I thought I should provide an update. It’s been just over a week, but I’m really working to separate my emotions from my money. I turned down a request from a …
A friend recently asked me what she could do to take control of her finances. She didn’t bring up numbers, and I wasn’t comfortable asking, but I know that she has a good amount of student loan debt as well as credit card debt. It was clear she wasn’t entirely sure how much debt she …
I used to love to look at my investment accounts online and see what had happened in the previous few days and see how much my investments had increased. Now, not so much. The one that bothers me the most, I think, is my Roth IRA. I opened it with a lump sum of $4000 …
I think I might make it through the month sticking to my very strict grocery budget. And that includes spending grocery budget money on a bottle of wine for a party I was invited to! I’m pretty impressed with myself, actually. For months, I struggled to keep my grocery budget under $200, and when 2008 …
(Edit – sorry guys, looks like the promotion’s ended) Now that’s an attention grabbing title, right? I was referred by Beachgirl to RevolutionMoneyExchange. It’s similar to PayPal, in that it’s a way to send and receive money online, but they’re trying to add additional perks. It’s designed as an easyway to exchange money. Need to …