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My Husband Got an HDTV [Green Panda Treehouse]
My husband recently made a big purchase and got his 40″ LCD HDTV. He’s planned this for a while, trying to find a good deal with all the features he wanted. Deciding What He was Looking For Here. […]
Balancing a checkbook [LivingAlmostLarge]
I don’t balance my checkbook. I can’t remember the last time I did. I’m a personal finance blogger who has a budget, but I don’t balance my checkbook. One of the first lessons I learned ab. […]
Net Worth Update: June 2009 [Poorer Than You]
My apologies in advance… this month’s net worth update isn’t terribly exciting! Change: -$80 or -0.21 % Down, but not too terribly much. It’s to be expected, since I’m still (yes, still) loo. […]
June Net Worth Update [LivingAlmostLarge]
June was not a bad month. It’s looking like maybe we won’t have such terrible losses this year in our investments. That’s not to say we’re going to be making money but it just might be a b. […]
June 2009: Progress Update [Green Panda Treehouse]
Wow, the year is halfway over! The last week in June has been an eventful month personally. The key word this month was hectic. The days flew by and I felt as if went by too quickly. I’m finding per. […]
Frugal Recipe: Homemade Low-Sugar Strawberry Jam [Spilling Buckets]
On Sunday my friends and I went strawberry picking at a local farm. It was a lot of fun!This is the first time I had gone picking for strawberries, and I didn’t really know what to expect.When you get. […]
Moving: Making the Decision, Part 2 [Poorer Than You]
This is a continuation of Moving: Making the Decision, where I talked about the budget I made to help me decide if I could afford to live on my own for the year following college. The budget I made ca. […]
Finishing our First 5k! [Spilling Buckets]
This Saturday was the Airport 5k, our first group race. The event started at 9:00 but registration opened earlier. We got there around 8:30 to sign-in and look around.There were a LOT of people, and l. […]
What Are You Doing This Summer? [Broke Grad Student]
Summer is here. It’s not quite as exciting when you’re not in college anymore. Unless you become a teacher or professor, you can say goodbye to three month summer vacations after you graduate. Onc. […]
Weekly Roundup: I Finally Switched to Mac [Broke Grad Student]
I have some good news, and I have some bad news. Let’s start with the bad news. I caught a cold last week, and I’m still trying to recover. Instead of staying up late writing blog posts, I’ve be. […]
Investing Student Loans…Is it Legal? [College Finance 101]
Recently, a friend asked me about the pros and cons of investing leftover student loan money (a pretty considerable sum…around $5,000.00). My advice: BAD IDEA. The risk outweighs the reward First of. […]
The Mystery of the Sudden Disappearance of the Financial Nut [Financial Nut]
So there’s been some speculation that the Financial Nut has been occupying the sorry corner of a jail cell. Seeing that I haven’t posted since the middle of May, I can understand the rumors. Let i. […]
Negotiate Higher Compensation on the Job Hunt [College Finance 101]
While unemployment is on the rise, up to 9.4% in May from 8.9% in April (http://bls.gov), compensation packages are on the downturn. Employers have more bargaining power due to the excess supply of jo. […]
“The Skinny On: Credit Cards” By Jim Randel – Another Book Review [Financial Nut]
For those of you who read Financialnut on a regular basis, we apologize for the recent writing hiatus. Trevor has been quite busy lately with juggling school and work, hence the lack of fresh posts. S. […]
[hiatus] [This Writer's Wallet]
I’ll start with what I know: Personal-finance blogging has shaped a lot of my financial knowledge—from pointing me towards advisors like Dave Ramsey to encouraging me to set specific and tangible. […]
And Now I’m One of Them. [This Writer's Wallet]
Long-time readers will remember my post a while back about buying a Blackberry phone, on eBay, but not wanting an Internet plan. I had that phone for a while, then I switched to a nicer version I also. […]
