Life Under Construction: Happy Friday, fair readers! Do you ever dream of reliving your glory days in college? You know, skipping classes that start before noon; writing papers until 4am the night before they're due; pretending you're not completely hung over when you write your finals. Just living the dream. Next week I start school. I’ll … [Read more...] about Friday’s Sweet Savage Love: College Edition
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What Grand Theft Auto taught me about finances
By Phil S., part-time contributor and all-the-time husband As long as there have been video games, there have been people questioning their effect on the player and society. Did pong translate into mad tennis skills? Was Pacman an indictment of the Korean war? Is Grand Theft Auto giving our youth sound financial advice? Wait, what was that … [Read more...] about What Grand Theft Auto taught me about finances
Weekly Spending Update: April 29 – May 5
Spending Update: Need Improvements Here is my spending update for last week, unfortunately it wasn't a great week for spending. I went $30 over budget in my entertainment category ($128.31) largely due to being too busy and too frenetic - I wrote a post about it, read more here for "a day in the life of Lindsey". In personal care, I spent $65.00 … [Read more...] about Weekly Spending Update: April 29 – May 5
Talking about money: Beautiful Togetherness!
Hi Cents'ers! I wanted to let you everyone know that I have a guest post taking about money as a couple hosted over at Making Sense of Cents. In the article, I talk a little bit about my previous attempts at managing my finances in a previous relationship and how that turned out to be an epic fail. I am trying to do things differently with my … [Read more...] about Talking about money: Beautiful Togetherness!
New Years Resolutions 2013: First quarter review
When I started writing out what my resolutions, I had no idea how life-changing some of these goals would be. I had a foggy idea that I wanted to spend more time with my friends and make more money – that was it. Things started to come together when I began acting on some of my resolutions, like contesting and spending more time with my friends. … [Read more...] about New Years Resolutions 2013: First quarter review