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Recently, J received his annual bonus from work. While he has the money mostly earmarked for various responsible purposes, he also took the opportunity of being super flush to purchase something ridiculous . If for some reason you weren't able to...
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Photo courtesy of Ahmed In some ways, J and I are in a mixed marriage. I was raised to believe that certain conveniences are worth the extra cost. J, on the other hand, was raised to believe that convenience was for sissies and that something worth doing...
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Considering the recent brouhaha over Marissa Mayer and Sheryl Sandberg giving edicts and advice to women (and men) in corporate America, I found this infographic from Easy Finance very interesting. We women have a great deal of power over the economy...
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Image courtesy of Ericd J and I do not really go in big for Valentine's Day. Case in point: tonight's dinner. We will not be going out to a restaurant, partially because that sounds like our version of Hades on earth. Instead, we're going...
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Photo courtesy of Kristin Dos Santos I was pleased to see two of my worlds intersecting last Thursday when one of my favorite television shows, The Big Bang Theory, took on some weighty personal finance issues in The Cooper/Kripke Inversion . It all started...
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Yesterday, we received this tidbit of good news in the mail: Not that I need the validation, but getting a "Great Job" from my utility company was quite a nice little boost. J and I can't take all the credit for this (and in fact, I personally...
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Photo courtesy of Christian Koehn On Saturday, J and I visited the Schaumberg Ikea. Intentionally. With planning aforethought. You see, J and I had need of a new shelving system in our basement, and Ikea had the build-your-own furniture to fit the bill...
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An old friend from college recently emailed me to ask a question about cash envelope budgeting . What happens, she asked, if you're in a two-adult household and one of the two of you is committed to the envelope system, but the other one is just sort...
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Last week, J's company held a mandatory meeting in which it was revealed that their sales are down by A LOT and that everyone would be asked to take a temporary lay off. Basically, everyone has to take an unpaid week off before the end of the year...
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If you asked me this time yesterday, I would have told you that J and I were likely to become landlords in the very near future. We had found a house we liked. Our realtor knew of a couple looking for a rental. The bank has deemed us credit-worthy. But...
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