Financial Hack

It actually happened. I ran out of money in my food budget. Usually I can scrape together a $5 meal and eat it for two days but…I didn’t have $5.
Old me? Pull money out of next month’s budget.
New me? Find something – ANYTHING – to eat. I found a [...]

My husband and I have spent the last two years of homeownership cleaning, fixing-up, and repairing the inside of our home.
OK… my HUSBAND has been working on the inside of the house for two years. I, um, shopped for drapes?
We are finally moving our focus to the exterior (since the neighbors ‘tease’ us relentlessly [...]

I’ve been told about the importance of good hair products for women. I’ve always been on the fence about them.
Does my long hair really need $40 shampoo?
I buy my hair products from the same place I buy my milk and my garden supplies… Target. I clip coupons from the paper for Infusium brand [...]

As shocking as this is…
I’m used to public transportation. I actually… kinda like it. I like not driving. I like not sitting in traffic. I like not paying for gas. I like playing solitaire while listening to books on tape while my car sits peacefully in my driveway.
My friends don’t [...]

Not only am I $24 shorter in my grocery budget this week, the employees in the lighting department think I’m a pot head.

Library = Books
…Or so everyone thinks.
I’m tempted NOT to share this information… because now my wait times may be longer but…
the library also offers books on CD (like the Twilight Series), music CD’s (everything from Guns and Roses to the brand new Metallica album), DVD’s (including old classics like Gone with the Wind to new [...]

My coworker was murdered yesterday.
Several of us were unfortunate enough to face his body for four hours until it was cleared by the police to be removed by the coroner.
It was random. There was no reason.
Seeing death in person is hard.
I went home. I made dinner. I couldn’t help but feel sadness [...]

I lack a green thumb.
An example of this fact?
We have two bougainvilleas in our backyard. I tried to keep one alive and kill the other. The one I tried desperately to keep alive… I killed. And the one I tried my hardest to kill… is flourishing like a giant miracle grow plant. [...]

I washed my car last weekend. It’s been a month shy of a year since I last washed my car so perhaps… I’m not the best person to give this kind of advice (Actually, my car has been ‘cleaned’. The windows are washed by Jiffy Lube every time I get an oil change). [...]

My husband is leaving for a cross-country trip.
Sure there are dangers…
Weather conditions…
Traffic Safety…
The Occasional Runaway Circus Freak…
BUT
I’m more concerned about my… CREDIT CARD SAFETY!!
He’s traveling with a good friend. Let’s see… two guys, in their 20’s, wife-free?
So. I’m planning on Financial Cyber Stalking.
Thanks to the ‘blessing’ of online banking, my husband [...]