During the holidays, a lot of people in my office were out on leave. That left me as the ranking person on my team, which meant that when a coworker called in sick, I was the one who she contacted. Though never required, she told me why she was going to be out of the …
Last week, a coworker was checking her bank statement and discovered that her most recent paycheck was short. Significantly short. As she had worked the full pay period and hadn’t made any changes to her withholdings, this didn’t make sense. So she immediately pulled up her paystub (ours are all available online). Somehow, her exemptions …
In a recent article on her website, Suze Orman discusses a change in her recommended credit card strategy. This is one of the things I like about Suze Orman – her suggestions change based on the economic situation, and she understands that financial advice varies person to person. The meat of her article is about …
Baby, that’s a big emergency fund you’ve got there Read More »
I just received my first paycheck with my annual cost of living increase. I won’t call it a raise, and with the increase in my health insurance costs, it’s not a huge amount when it’s all said and done, but my paycheck is bigger than it was last pay period, and for that, I am …
Last week, J. Money wrote about feeling guilty for using your emergency fund. And I realized that this is me! I never touch my emergency fund. This month, I had some very unexpected vehicle expenses after my car broke down while traveling for a funeral. I had some money in my “Car Expenses” YNAB budget …