Sunday, August 8, 2010

Is it better to take a vacation or buy a new couch?

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Is it better to take a vacation or buy a new couch? The NYT tackles this question and the conclusion seems to be that people get more happi...
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010

What is Your New Normal or New Abnormal?

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Interesting article today from MSNBC on the "new abnormal" and "schizophrenic" American consumer. Ralph walked away fro...
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Motivation Follow Up

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Following up on my earlier Motivation post, I received some interesting feedback. Anonymous # 1 said... I just read an article on WSJ abou...
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Monday, August 2, 2010

Hidden Fees

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This past weekend, I had to take my car in for repairs, specifically the air conditioning has been acting up. I took my car to the dealershi...
Sunday, August 1, 2010

August 1 Numbers

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(1) Max out 401ks - $33,000 (2) Max out IRAs - $10,000 (3) Prepay mortgage - $1200 (4) Add to baby fund - $3500 (5) Add to emergency fund - ...

Unexpected Bargains

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Yesterday, Mr. Sam and I were out and about taking care of some errands. In particular, we needed vacuum cleaner bags for our Kenmore vac. S...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Motivation

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We have been thinking more and more about putting more effort into paying down the mortgage on our primary home. First if we pay off our mor...
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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Two Down

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Two down, four to go. As of today, we have maxed out our IRAs for 2010. So, we have completed two of our six 2010 savings goals. Our remain...
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