Posted in Networth Update, Spending on September 30, 2007 | 8 Comments »
This weekend I’ve spent almost $200:
$100 - car repairs
$30 - prescription
$25 - massage
$25 - gas
$12 - food
For some reason, on the weekend following pay day I always feel less bad about spending a bit more. Besides, my expenditures this weekend were necessities: car repairs, prescription, the massage (hey, I needed it!), gas (gotta drive), and [...]
Posted in Articles on September 26, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The blogosphere is a buzz with this (relatively) new New York Times article on men, women, expectations, dating, and money. Or, most specifically, the expectations that higher-paid women have about dating men who earn less than they do.
I don’t know if I have anything good to add on to the discussion (see here & here).
All [...]
Posted in Budget, Saving, Spending on September 25, 2007 | 8 Comments »
1. rent
2. auto insurance
3. high-speed internet
4. health insurance
5. student loan repayment (to start in December 2007)
Basically… that’s it. No cable. No subscriptions. No car payment. I don’t have a cell phone payment because I’m still on a family plan (thanks Mom & Dad).
My fixed expenses as a percentage of income is actually very manageable, and [...]
Posted in Articles on September 23, 2007 | 8 Comments »
Not well enough, is what I concluded after I read this article from the NY Magazine.
When I ordered food last night, I gave the delivery man $15 for a $13 tab. But it probably wouldn’t have hurt me to give him a $3 tip instead.
Posted in Spending on September 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
For the past two or three months, my credit card bills have been over $1,000. Since I put almost ALL of my expenditures on my credit card, the statement is a fairly accurate reflection of what I spent on.
I took an hour to go over my 3 most recent statements, and discovered that, without a [...]
Posted in Saving, Spending, Work on September 16, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Most bloggers warn against the dangers of lifestyle inflation as twenty-somethings go from broke college students to young professionals. Before I started working, I’ve also wondered if the thrill of the first paycheck would make me throw caution to the wind and just spend, spend, spend.
Instead, I’ve discovered that stepping out into the “real world” [...]
Posted in Saving on September 16, 2007 | 6 Comments »
Last night, Mom told me a very rough approximation of what her net worth is, and it’s a figure that made my jaw drop a little.
I won’t go into more specifics here, but suffice it to say that if you saw my mother going to the grocery store or driving to work, you would never [...]
Posted in Blogging, Saving on September 14, 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been such a bad blogger. Apologies to my readers - I STILL don’t have internet access at home. I’ll get it soon (hopefully in the next couple of weeks), and then posting will go back to several times a week instead of this twice-a-month nonsense.
On the savings front, I’ve moving along: I’ve increased my [...]
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