Penny For My Thoughts

Yes, I am off to Vegas on Friday, and thought I would do a quick pre-trip from a financial standpoint.
Perhaps the biggest thing, money-wise, is that we just switched our hotel on Sunday.  We’re staying at a hotel which is signifigantly cheaper than the one we were staying at to begin with.  While I had [...]

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In my continuing search for ways to improve this blog for my readers, I’m trying to think of ways I can spice up my blog. One thing I’ve noticed that both personal finance as well as non personal finance blogs having in their posts is a blog photo. By including the photo, the [...]

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So, remember a couple of weeks ago when I said my non-internet life was interfering with the amount of blogging time I had?  There’s a reason for that-I gave notice at my job (which was my first “real” job) on Thursday.  I’ve accepted a position elsewhere.  Of course, this means that there will be a [...]

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So you’ve seen that ad with the parents at the computer one too many times. Maybe you just want to know if there’s an easier way to do things. These recommendations will be based upon staying on Disney Property, as that is where my experience lies.

Pick your time of year carefully. [...]

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As I’ve mentioned before, I don’t think that credit cards are necessarily evil. In fact, I think they can be great tool, especially when they have rewards. But how do you navigate the myriad of credit cards out there? Fortunately, there are sites such as CreditCardClub.com, which have a listing of [...]

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Given my vacation addiction, I’m always looking for ways to trim the vacation budget (I once joked that I’d accept the horrible view hotel room to save a buck). However, one thing I will not skip out on is travel insurance. The flip answer I tend to give when people on various [...]

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“It never hurts to ask.” This platitude is one of those that people say over and over again. I’m not a fan of price haggling, unless the item is damaged. I think it’s tacky, and somewhat rude (I think I had one too many people convinced that I magically knew what was going [...]

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Ever wonder how people get to become secret shoppers? I’m here to tell you how. Yes, I’m that wonderful thing you get spam about becoming. I’ve gotten paid to browse at big box stores, and buy fast food. The most important rule on becoming a secret shopper is to never, ever [...]

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The last part of my How to: Set up a Roth IRA involves the most basic part of Roth-the actual funding. Early last year, after I first started reading personal finance blogs, I decided that I wanted to max my Roth out in 2007. The limit at that time was $4,000, which [...]

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A few months ago, I was struck by an acute case of homesickness-homesickness, in this case, being defined as “being sick of being at home.” I looked into potential vacation spots for a long weekend, and decided to spend a weekend in Mystic, CT. I priced some local hotels, and also contacted my [...]

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