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Blue Friday

It’s payday. You might think a day of joy — time to get bills paid, take a small step towards debt reduction, and maybe even put a few dollars in the emergency fund.
But this morning, when I sat down with my coffee to hit the the online banking, by the time I was done I [...]

I’m Back!

First of all — apologies to my 1 or 2 regular readers (ha!) who I’m sure have all but abandoned this blog. I don’t blame ya’. I mean — where the hell have I been? Here’s the scoop — I spent two weeks in April in California helping with a sick family member. I literally [...]

Whew! It’s been a crazy few days at work.
My employer is a well known corporation, but where I work, we are a bit of a maverick operation in business processes.  I’m responsible for a small administration team as well as executive assistant duties for the general manager.
Profits are way down. Revenue is stagnant but costs [...]

I promised last week I would report back on my results to get my credit card APR’s lowered. However, I was tied up most of the weekend and not really free to make long calls — which I didn’t know they would be until I tried one. After speaking to a customer service rep at [...]

Over the last few months, I’ve spent a portion of each day reading blogs about personal — with an emphasis on the personal aspect. Blogs about being frugal and becoming a smarter consumer, blogs about how to save money, and most recently blogs about paying down personal debt.
Tricia, in Blogging Away Debt, is the first [...]




  • Credit Card Debt
    Starting = $18,661 (as of April 2007)
    Current = Getting updated at the end of June
    Paid Off = $0

    Emergency Fund
    Current = $68
    Goal = $1,000

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