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money

What weekends are for…

March 9, 2010

During my first year of college the weekends were for sleep, Eric and I would often sleep in until at least noon if not 1:00 PM. Now, when I sleep in until 9:00 AM I can’t help but think I’ve wasted my day!
Weekends are for getting things done and for kick-ass workouts.
On Saturday I woke [...]

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The Monday Meeting: Budgeting

March 8, 2010

Has anyone seen Til Debt Do Us Part? It’s basically about couples who are living far above their means and are in serious debt. In one case, if they had kept living the way they were living, this one couple would have been over $1 million in debt within three years.
Gail, is a financial analysis/hard-ass who [...]

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The Monday Meeting: How to negotiate a raise

February 8, 2010

I had a reader request asking me to do a Monday Meeting post on negotiating a higher salary. Since I have no experience with this myself I decided to reach out to the interwebs to get some advice. Of course, they responded!
Here are a few tips that I’ve collected from around the interwebs - reader [...]

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Patience, grasshopper

January 26, 2010

I am such an impatient person. When I want something I want it NOW.
After my post on Friday about needing new shoes I decided to stop at the two local running stores on my way home. One store had my shoes on for $189.99 and the other for $199.99. I don’t know WHAT I was [...]

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The Monday Meeting: A Generation of Debt

January 18, 2010

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Generation Y has more debt than any generation before us. Tuition fees are higher than ever before and the average 20-something is graduating from college with $20,000 + in student loans and other debt and credit card debt is a major problem too.
According to this [...]

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10 Things in 2010

January 7, 2010

These aren’t my “resolutions”, these are ten things that are going to happen in 2010!
Some are obvious (graduating) some are already planned/booked (Europe), some are going to be difficult to measure! This list has been printed and posted on the fridge and I’m determined to achieve all 10 things in 2010!
Personal:
1. Graduate from University
Like I [...]

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The Monday Meeting: Show me the money

December 14, 2009

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How much money do you make?
Does that question make you uncomfortable? Why?
Discussing salary and wage has always been a taboo subject, but why. This article from August 2008 in the New York Times touches on some of the issues that people have with discussing their salary:
“It’s a very American, very middle-class phenomenon. The [...]

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Semi-Formal?

December 2, 2009

Great feedback on the Spender vs. Saver post yesterday. I could write a whole post in reply to it and I plan on it! So look for that in upcoming weeks.
Yesterday I went shopping for a dress or “semi-formal” outfit to wear to Eric’s Christmas party in December.
First, what does semi-formal mean anyways? I posed [...]

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Spender or Saver?

December 1, 2009

Wouldn’t this be nice?
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Last night I had a meeting at my bank about setting up a Tax Free Savings Account (Does anyone have one? Thoughts?). You see, I’m a saver. Through-and-through.
The last time I had $0 dollars in my bank account was when me and my parents got back from a family trip to [...]

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The Monday Meeting: Flexibility; how important is it to you?

November 16, 2009

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As you guy’s know, I just got back from a weekend at home. I’m extremely lucky to have a very flexible work schedule and when I asked my bosses for Friday off to go home and surprise Eric for his birthday they were more than happy to give it to me. They know [...]

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