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location: canada/usa
works: business consultant
net worth: ~$155,000 as of Dec 2011
eats: sashimi, tartiflette, pho
drinks: earl grey cream tea
gadgets: macbook pro 17", ipod touch (pda)
beauty: fb's list of toiletries/makeup
wants: roland rd700-gx piano
reads: ayn rand, tom stanley, sophie kinsella
watches: bones, mentalist, castle, top chef
wears: wrap dresses & necklaces
loves: minimalism, $$ management, traveling
hates: wearing shorts & being late for anything
Money Archive
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How much would you pay for…
Posted on October 21, 2009 | 70 CommentsThis winter coat hunt has got me thinking about my personal price ceilings for items. So I just wanted to know how much would you be comfortable paying for: A purse? A winter jacket? A pair of boots? A dressy (but not formal) dress? Mine... -
Jaywalking out our Financial Stupidity
Posted on October 20, 2009 | 5 CommentsThis was too funny NOT to share. Jay Leno does his Jaywalking segment and exposes how little some of us know about finance in general. Naturally, it is not the majority. It’s just carefully edited to really expose the underbelly of what we don’t know... -
Moneyed Artwork
Posted on October 15, 2009 | 4 CommentsSee more of them via Geekologie. -
The Paradoxes of Money & Women
Posted on October 12, 2009 | 11 CommentsJust spent a lazy Sunday thinking out loud to BF about the paradoxes of women & money that I’ve read about, listened to, and experienced personally. Our Families We are told that a man will come along and eventually take care of us. Yet many... -
What would you do with your old credit cards?
Posted on October 7, 2009 | 12 CommentsI never had any credit card debt, but I don’t think I’d want a reminder of all that debt. Still, some of the ideas are cool, like as pieces of art, if you are proud of having gotten rid of all that debt. What an... -
September 2009: Budget End
Posted on October 1, 2009 | 2 CommentsI won’t post my budget for each month any longer. I’ll just post at the end with what I spent. While I still keep track of all my expenses & budget, I find that once I put the money aside for my fixed expenses, the... -
Student loans by the numbers
Posted on September 26, 2009 | 9 CommentsVia J. Money on Twitter Actual link found here on CollegeScholarships.org -
Economic Scorecard for the United States
Posted on September 24, 2009 | 6 CommentsCFED – http://scorecard.cfed.org, a think and action tank did a scorecard in five main economic issues: Financial Assets & Income Businesses & Jobs Housing & Homeownership Health Care Education Community Investment & Accountability Policies Each category has 9-15 different outcome measures data. The detailed report... -
Global Wealth Distribution
Posted on September 12, 2009 | 2 CommentsVia Mint. Special thanks to Laura for sharing this in my Google Reader Shared Items. -
Reader Dilemma: To take or not to take, student loans….
Posted on September 7, 2009 | 2 CommentsI have no experience whatsoever with American student loans, so please help this reader if you can! I’d greatly appreciate it. She writes….. THIS IS HER SITUATION I am in graduate school. My tuition has been waived, and I get a stipend while I’m in...