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How I negotiated a $30,000 increase in my job offer

I had initially asked for $100,000 as my bare minimum salary for the job that I would be doing, with the experience I had and […]

• Life

Current songs playlist

Here are the songs I am currently obsessed with listening to: (I discovered a new strain of music called electroswing — songs bolded below — […]

April 2012 Budget Roundup = +$11,074.81 or 5.91% increase

LOOKING BACK I need to make reading a regular part of my week. INCOME = $10,833.34 Gross income, not net Net is $7600 after estimating […]

• Style

Day and Night Skincare Regimen (For the Face)

Someone asked me about all the products I currently use, and here they are.. I hate products that can’t do double-duty, so the only thing […]

• Style

My Current Wardrobe Wants List

This was my original list located here: How to shop and organize your wardrobe, and I’ve gotten through the important bits. I’m also revising it […]

• Money

Where I’ve invested my retirement money for now

Going to max out my retirement, and here’s where the money is going and its asset allocation: Vanguard 500 Index Signal — 45 % MER: […]

• Style

April 2012: What I bought

After the last two months of spending sprees, this one has been mostly about replacing items that have been on my list for a long […]

• Money

How do shop girls afford all that stuff?

I finally did it. I used a 25% coupon at m0851 and purchased my dream leather jacket — the Perfecto for $678, taxes included. The […]

• Money

Paying for the privilege of not eating

I was in Whole Foods the other day (I know, *rolls eyes @ overpriced food*), and I heard this #FirstWorldProblems conversation: Woman 1: Is this […]

• Life
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Are single women too successful and intelligent to find love?

Huh.

• Money

My Money Plan for the rest of 2012

This is coming in a bit late, considering that 2012 is already a quarter of the way finished, but I had a lot of variables […]