From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
August 25, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Well, the summer is winding to a close and I have to say I think I came out of it relatively unscathed. I currently owe about $1,600 on my Chase card ($1,100 of it is from my two ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
August 19, 2010 at 12:04 am
Just when I think things are sliding into debt prison again, good fortune shines upon me!My boss decided she wanted me to do a side project for her, and offered to pay me $500 ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
August 6, 2010 at 10:37 am
I have updated my sidebar and am proud to say I have increased my "future fund" to over $1,000! Now I have 1K in my future & emergency funds. I am wondering though, how "liquid" ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
August 3, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Wohoo! I made interest on my online savings account!35 cents.But that's not the only exciting part - I checked and since I started automating 3% of every paycheck into my savings, ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
July 29, 2010 at 5:28 pm
I have been feeling really frustrated lately, and working really hard to live in the positive, instead of the negative. Working in one place when you are hoping to move to another ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
July 23, 2010 at 10:31 am
I am happy to report I decided to save/spend my extra income in the following way: $600 to savings, $600 to credit card. Now my "future fund" is sitting at $800, so my total savings ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
July 21, 2010 at 1:28 pm
I stumbled, very luckily (thanks to my boss) across a "freelance" project that is going to make me more than $1,000 richer tomororw.Now I'm struggling with what to do with the ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
July 10, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Well, I finished my 6-week intensive summer class and boy does it feel good! Going to class Monday-Thursday until 9pm every week was really tough, but it was definitely worth it. ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
June 25, 2010 at 10:49 am
Today was my first official "3% into my savings" check and I was very pleased to see $37 deposited into my HSBC Online savings account this morning. My check is now $1,213 instead ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
June 17, 2010 at 1:05 pm
I work at a very, very small company, but lucky for me, we have a third-party "HR" company that does the paychecks, etc. What this means for me is there are some "perks" that I ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
June 14, 2010 at 2:24 pm
I have to admit, being "out of debt" isn't really all that exciting. There's no big debt payments to make, no fun tickers to update, no countdowns until your "debt free"!In place ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
June 9, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Well, I've been dark for a couple weeks and the reason is I am currently doing a night class. it is Monday-Thursday from 5:45pm - 9:15pm. For six weeks. I am almost done with week ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 27, 2010 at 1:46 pm
A while back, BF and I were dying to get out of our apartment. We felt it was too expensive, that if we just sucked it up for a year or two, we would save so much more money and ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 25, 2010 at 4:36 pm
I've been super frugal the past few weeks and haven't really spent any money on clothes, etc. But today I had to bite the bullet!I am in love with Nike shoes, although I've always ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 19, 2010 at 11:35 am
So, no one at work knows that I have a blog, let alone a PF blog, but some of my co-workers ask me for advice on finances and whatnot, maybe because I just SEEM like I know something ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 18, 2010 at 1:02 pm
So, I recently paid off my Chase "everyday card" to the tune of around $650 and I knew I was going to have to drop another $600-something on it in just a day or two because of ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 14, 2010 at 7:33 am
I officially have $1,000 in my emergency fund! Today then officially starts FUTURE FUND SAVINGS PROJECT. I have SEVEN MONTH to make it happpen.The goal is $10,000 by December 31, ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 13, 2010 at 11:43 am
Whenever I tell people that I spend about $50 a week on groceries for BF and I, they usually are dumbfounded. Do we eat out a lot? they ask. No, we don't. I say. How do you do ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 11, 2010 at 3:36 pm
I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing, but I can report all is pretty quiet on the financial side of my life.it's probably because I'm at the end of the two week stretch ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 6, 2010 at 5:09 pm
I read this great article just now on HuffingtonPost.com and it is awesome!I can't relate to everything she notes I NEVER take a cab anywhere unless it is really late after a night ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 5, 2010 at 3:30 pm
The concept of only using cash to pay for things has really hit home for me for some reason. I don't know if it's because I really know I don't have any more money to use or just ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 3, 2010 at 4:31 pm
Several months ago I failed miserably at managing my own "cash only" budget. I didn't know what happened to the money, well I did know but I didn't really take any responsiblity ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
May 1, 2010 at 10:40 am
To make myself REALLY stick to my budget, I am attempting to do the "cash system" again. Starting this morning, now that my class is on break, I am going to take $20 out of the ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
April 30, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Thank GOD It's Friday! Seriously! Being in school part time and working full time definitley drains me every week. I have about five more classes to go, and then I get a WEEK break ... (
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From GREEN I$ THE NEW BLACK
April 29, 2010 at 9:55 am
Because of the way my paychecks have lined up, I was able to put off paying my Chase card bill until my May 14th check. However, I am going to lean on credit just a little bit ... (
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