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Things that go UP, and things that go DOWN when J tavels. 2008-06-13 11:07:34 HAPPY Friday the 13th! If you're a superstitious one, you might enjoy this post. Turns out that while I was away, a LOT of horrible stuff happened, yet when I came back the world was happier! haha ... check it out for yourself ;)This is what happens when J goes away:The stock market goes dooooooown, down, down.Floods carry away homes in the midwest :(And an elderly man gets hit by car, causing r Read more:things
My contact form *may* be acting wonky...not sure 2008-06-16 19:44:49 I've been getting a few blank emails through my Contact form, so if i haven't responded to anyone - I'M SO SORRY! Try me again via email: J(at)budgetsaresexy(dot)com .Not sure if this is a problem or not, but wanted to holler just in case...i've been getting some messages perfectly, so who knows ;) Read more:contact
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Save $10 bucks and wash that sexy car of yours. 2008-06-16 08:18:00 Money Hack #13456i89 - Start Spraying Away! It's seriously one of the easiest ways NOT to spend money - just like when you make your own card instead of buying it at Hallmark.While it may not be the quickest way to save or earn a buck (wash out that dirty mind of yours), it def. does the trick! Will Smith does it so why not you?Here are my TOP 10 reasons to wash your own car:Save Money! $7.00 to
Want a Best Buy coupon worth $10.00? 2008-06-18 08:31:41 Then you're in luck my friends! Unless you said No, in which case....um....please wait...thinking of something funny... sorry, i got nothing. Just read this not-so-randomly generated post of mine instead :)But back to this coupon I mention. While a free and clear $10.00 coupon SURE sounds nice, you know it comes with "ifs" and "buts" so here's the dilly, yo. This coupon grants you $10.00 off when Read more:Best Buy
OMG - Today is actually "National Splurge Day"! 2008-06-17 23:14:01 What are the odds? Seriously, i totally made that day up when i posted about it yesterday - how freakin' insane! I literally had no idea whatsoever - it was actually my boy Jonathan over at MyMoneyBlog.com (my all-time FAV pf blogger) who notified me of it. I tip my hat to you good sir.I followed his advice and googled it, and sure enough it's a *holiday* (or *holidate* as some call it). Here's Read more:Today
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Sometimes splurging is okay to do - it really is! 2008-06-17 12:56:30 I'm tired of my poor friend, the word "splurge", getting so many negative reviews all the time - it's really not fair. What's so bad about giving in every now and then? We can't be rock star savers all the time, it's just not natural (plus it's REALLY boring).So, in honor of this magical word - I hereby proclaim today the - "It's Okay to Splurge" day!It's not smart to go overboard with it, of cour Read more:Sometimes
Would you rather...take $500k now, or $1 million in ten years? 2008-06-20 16:19:11 I know some of you can't sleep without a "would you rather" question every now and then (that someone being me), so figured i'd throw one out there to celebrate this glorious Friday. That, and I'm also trying to procrastinate here at work....only 12 more minutes to go ;)I came up with it when i was commenting on Mrs Micha's "question and answer" post:“Would you rather have $500k now (no taxes, Read more:million
Is it time to lock in our Home Equity Line rate? I'm Stuck! 2008-06-20 11:18:18 There's not many things i dislike about personal finance, but trying to "time the market" is definitely one of them!Similar to my car dilemna, now going on 4 months w/out a decision, it's enough to drive a person crazy.Do you lock in a rate now and hope you caught it on the rise, or do you wait it out a bit and save more money each month?The funny part is that Mrs. Budgetsaresexy and I JUST had ou Read more:Equity
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A whole mess of random goodness for ya today ;) 2008-06-19 09:58:39 There's a lot on my brain this morning, but i can't seem to formulate paragraphs very well at the moment...so hopefully you don't mind the random listing of all my thoughts (I haven't had my beautiful coffee yet).From my brain, to yours - here's what we got:My man Baily, over at Thoughts from the Change Race, mentioned he has a few $5 Best Buy certificates he might be willing to part with! Not sur
God bless the U.S.A, and God bless your money ;) 2008-07-04 15:36:00 May you have a Fab. 4th!I hope you enjoyed today's guest post :) If you need some more reading material over the weekend, here is some fluff for ya:- The hunt is over, I found my george Washington!- Check this - a Funeral Home serves coffee?- Can today be a "Zero Spend Day"?God bless!
Budgets are for Lovers (they sure are!) 2008-07-04 05:32:00 ******************************************************************************************************************** Guest Post: Pamela Grundy, writer for Personal Finance Analyst. Personal Finance Analyst is an online community of bloggers dedicated to taking the mystery out of money and helping you to live a happier, more successful life with the money you have. (sprinkled with a little humor!)* Read more:Budgets
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Carnivals, Festivals, and Links - Oh My! 2008-07-03 12:03:09 That was the best title i could come up with this morning - i'm sorry (burries head under desk). As if i didn't throw 60+ links out here already w/ my hosting of the Festival of Frugality, here are a few others i participated in.It's a beautiful long weekend coming up, so this should tide you over in the event Uncle Tom has 1 too many again.Money Hacks Carnival #19 - "The Independence Edition" hos Read more:Carnivals
Net Worth: JUNE - I lied, I'm still flying solo this round! 2008-07-03 10:19:05 That's right, i'm way too lazy/unmotivated to combine our financial lives as yet.Plus, by this time in 2 months she'll be in Grad School full time which complicates things even more. (although i AM happy for her!)So the goal is to combine forces by the end of August. I think that's a fairly good goal :)That means I have another net worth update or two before the madness begins - Woohoo!Now that th Read more:Worth
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Festival of Frugality #132 - "Frugal is, as Frugal does" edition. 2008-07-02 19:29:47 Hello, and welcome to this week's Festival
of Frugal
ity.htm">Frugality
! It's a bit scary hosting one of these things all by myself for the first time, so I brought along a good friend of mine today - Mr. Frugal Gump. I hope you don't mind ;) As many of you know, Frugal has led a very financially rewarding life, and I thought we could all learn from an experienced man like himself.We sorted through all the chocol
Talking personal finance with neighbors/strangers. 2008-07-02 15:00:29 I was out on my deck last night talking with our deck neighbor (we live in townhouses), and he asked me something i don't often hear a lot. He asked me "what i like to do for fun". Simple question, but i always get caught off guard with that one. I think it's because i can never actually REMEMBER what i do for fun ;)Last night, however, i was able to get out how much i enjoy reading personal finan Read more:Talking
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You're walking down the street & find $20. What do you do? 2008-07-02 14:55:57 Has this ever happened to you? I once found an $82 chunk outside of my car in a parking lot. I was scared someone was watching me, or pranking me, but not a soul was around so i shoved it in my pocket and sped away. i survived ;)Now, for some reason, I feel it's about to happen again. Only this time on the crowded streets. I can't really justify this feeling, unless count my ESPN (haha), but it's Read more:walking down
Sometimes you have to just grow a pair, and ask. 2008-06-30 09:54:07 Seriously, sometimes you have to just step up to the plate and ask for what you want. It might not be easy, but the only person looking out for #1, is you.Want that raise you've been working hard for? Want that date with the chick you've been stalking eyeing lately? Ask for it! No one else will for you.Personally, i had been waiting for some missing 401k deposits to hit my account. My patience wa Read more:Sometimes
Dear psycho stock "investors"... 2008-06-27 13:33:22 Please refrain from selling off your investments every time a dirty piece of bad news hits the stands. You are causing a lot of pain and torture to us patient ones. Unless you are elderly and/or about to retire, i do not like you.Thank you kindly,J. "My 401K keeps going down the tubes" Savings.ps: i'm not bitter ;)
It's the principal of the matter ... Literally! 2008-06-27 13:02:08 One of my all time greatest annoyances (i refuse to use the saying "pet peeves"), is getting gypped by cashiers. It's one thing to have it done every once in a while, but it happens allllll the time for me! Maybe i'm just super unlucky, but i seriously have to question a receipt at LEAST once a week.Just the other day I was picking up a bbq sandwich with mashed potatoes, and it rang up as $13.00. Read more:matter
I'll be hosting my first Carnival next Tuesday - Aww Yeah! 2008-06-26 13:26:26 As many of you know, I've been participating in a whole bunch of carnivals lately. Well, this time i'll be actually HOSTING one over at The Festival of Frugality! I have no idea how much time this will involve, but i'm sexcited ;)I just have to come up with a clever theme for it now. Mrs. Micah had a cool one this week (posted below) which featured the sexiness of Buffy the Vampire Slayer! haha... Read more:Carnival
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USAA Now shares 2nd place in our wedding Bank Battle! 2008-06-26 09:44:02 That's right, miraculously we're STILL getting wedding
checks sent our way :) I guess that "1 year to give a gift" rule is pretty common these days. Not that i really care one way or the other, i just find it pretty funny. This rule doesn't apply to birthdays, graduation,or Christmas so why weddings?I asked a couple friends but no luck, they all came back pretty much with "i dunno, it's just the w Read more:shares
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T-Mobile pumps out a $10/month land line plan! 2008-06-25 13:29:21 Man, competition is getting fierce! Fine by me though.I'm all for consumer goodness :)So here's the deal, i got an email last night from a rep saying they're launching this "T-Mobile
@ Home" plan today and thought it would be good to get the word out.And, since i'm always a fan of saving money as well as new technology out there, I agreed! So, from me to you, here is my first piece of Breaking Ne Read more:pumps
Rock, Paper, Scissors your way to FREE chips & queso! 2008-06-25 08:55:25 California Tortilla is at it again! This time w/ the popular kids game :) Here's the info straight from their email campaign, which can also be found on the left hand side of their website: Play Rock Paper Scissors every Wednesday through July 9th. If you win you getour darn tasty chips and queso if you lose you get 50 cents off of your nextvisit. It's a Win-Win situation! Even if you lose you ge
5 Gas-Saving myths that i was tricked into believing ;) 2008-06-24 09:18:15 I came across these twice in the past few days - once on a pf site which i can't remember for the life of me, and the other in this month's Money Magazine - so I'm taking it as a sign to share :) Some of these i've fell for, and others are brand spankin' new (and interesting) to me.While i usually don't know what to believe out there, I'm sure these "experts" know what they're talking about. That' Read more:Saving
Wanna know what it feels like to have ZERO credit card debt? 2008-06-23 10:44:20 It feels GREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT! (in the voice of Tony the Tiger). I know this because the Mrs. and i JUST paid off all 3 outstanding credit
card balances today. That means no more interest charges, no more budget fenagling, and especially no more annoying bills to pay ;)While it doesn't feel all that *different* per se, my brain does feel a bit more organized and clearer. I think it's just nice overa
I just bought the Caddy! AND, I slapped it on my Credit Card! 2008-07-18 19:32:10 Betcha didn't see that one coming, eh? Haha...Yes, after 5 days of test driving, researching, and thinking about it all, I decided to buy the Cadillac :)And to be honest, I'm not even sure it was the 100% best thing to do financially at this point, but I made a decision and I took the chance. That's really the best way to learn anyways, right?So how much did it cost? What are the deets?The Price:I Read more:Caddy
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Weekly carnival round up - aka weekend reading material :) 2008-07-18 10:31:36 Here were the carnivals around
town this week, including one that I personally hosted my self! And let me tell you, while it looks semi-easy and clear cut, those bad boys take a loooooot of work to put together. And I don't say that to toot my own horn (toot!), but only to give due respect to those hosting them, or thinking of hosting them, throughout the blogosphere. I'd also really like to see t Read more:Weekly
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Some weekend reading material for ya. Yummy. 2008-07-18 10:31:01 If you find yourself antsy over the weekend when your favorite blogger(s) are chillaxing, take a peak at some of these carnivals to get you going. Maybe you can play "Where's J. Money" and see if you can find my posts?I'll give you a hint, i made Editor's Choice on one and even made it to the tippy top! If that isn't sexy, i dont' know what is. (i lied, i know a lot of things that are sexy. two of Read more:material
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Carnival of 20-Something Finances: "Viral Pictures" edition. 2008-07-18 10:29:39 Goooooooooood morning my fellow PF readers and bloggers! Welcome to today's Carnival
of 20-Something Finances - the "ViralPictures
" edition.We all get them from time to time, but not once have they ever been associated with personal finance. Today that changes! So before you start the week "working", take a couple more minutes to yourself and enjoy the fruit of our 20-something minds ;)I can't pr
I did it!!! 4 1/2 hours later, and no more floody flood! 2008-07-17 16:01:59 WHEW! Seriously, i will forever have mad respect for plumbers - that job is no joke! I know they get paid (a lot) for it, but my goodness, I am one tired puppy.But, 4 and 1/2 hours later
, we have success :) There's a lot that went into it, most of which is pretty boring, but hey you might be bored, right? At the very least, you can relate to the new expenditures that were thrown into the mix. Read more:flood
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