Penny For My Thoughts

It looks like no matter what style jean wearer you are, be it Paige Denim or Gap jeans, you can get a little something for swapping your jeans this weekend.
If you’re located in the greater Boston area, and your tastes trend towards higher-end jeans such as Citizens of Humanity or Joe Jeans, the National Jean [...]

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For those of you outside of the New England area, you might not have heard about Massachusetts increasing its sales tax from 5% to 6.25%.  As I work in the human services industry, I see the sales tax increase as being a necessary evil-the programs that would have been cut would have been an utter [...]

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It’s happened to me-my credit card number was stolen.  I got a call from Chase earlier this evening, but I was hesitant to give them any info lest it be a scam.  I then logged into my Chase account, but only 1 credit card showed up, and I have two accounts with them.  I called [...]

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Thus was the sentence utter by a shopper next to me at the local Coach outlet yesterday; which was quite crowded.  Of course, the 50% sale plus the 10% off coupon handed out as you enter the store (which isn’t a localized thing, I got handed the same coupon at the Las Vegas outlet two [...]

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In perusing the latest round of news about the economy going to heck in a handbasket, I’m struck by how vintage, or “old school” some of these money-making ideas are-they make eBay looks absolutely new fangled.  I was reminded of pawn shops today when Good Morning America discussed the high-priced items* that are currently being [...]

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I called up the recordkeeper of my current 401K, as I wanted to see whether they had me as terminated yet or not (they did, yay!)  While I was on the phone, I got some happy news-my former employer had an extra retirement plan.  I was aware of this, but never thought I’d be there [...]

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Vote!  Please, if you’re a registered voter, vote on Tuesday, Nov. 4.  If you are reading this, I’m going to presume you have an opinion on some issue (maybe related to money, maybe not).  Vote!  You can even get Free Ice cream at Ben and Jerry’s if you vote.
I know I try to keep this [...]

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This week’s (posted on Wednesday, but I’ve had a crazy week!) SquawkBack Wednesday was the three biggest financial mistakes you’ve made. I’d say that mine were:

Running up credit card debt after my father died
Putting money in a CD rather than a high-yield savings account my sophomore year of college
Grossly underestimating the amount in my [...]

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I’m very excited-I saw Stephen Sondheim at a local university last night. While it’’s not as cheap as it seemed on the surface-I had a cheap ticket, but I still had to pay to park at the subway (which is going up $2 more at the start of the month!), take said subway, buy [...]

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As the current “credit crisis” spreads as the economy worsens, are you finding yourself more worried about your debt? Have you perchance gotten The Letter from your credit card company stating that your credit card limit is being reduced? Are you looking at your student loans, car loan, computer loan and feeling overwhelmed. [...]

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