I gave up a quarter of a million dollars to be with my family
And it sucks. It’s really hard being a working mother, particularly since we have to go through 9 months carrying a child and then take at least 3 months off after the birth
How to shop your closet and save money
Everyone (and by everyone I mean myself), always harps on about shopping your closet and trying to mix and match pieces in an attempt to avoid shopping for new stuff and to use wha
In the world of Save. Spend. Splurge.
ONE. How great thinkers organized their time. I feel like in the past, they had a lot more time to do nothing but talk, stroll, have a dinner, read… relax. We seem to be a so
How to answer a rather random business case interview question
I was chatting with Jessica the other day and she mentioned how she was blindsided with a really strange interview question that went like this: How many golf balls are sold in Can
In the world of Save. Spend. Splurge.
Where these Amazon reviews crack me up...
Do you use WordPress Contact Form 7? How to stop spambots from emailing you
One of the most annoying things to date have been these stupid spambots coming by and emailing me with my contact form information. They send emails talking about cheap nike air ma
What’s the third most common language in your state?
Fascinating. And here’s the Canadian version that shows the top 3 languages spoken aside from English or French. The most common are Chinese, German, and Arabic
Are you really as rich as you think you are?
Odd choice for a title because in this personal finance blogosphere, we’re all saying that you are NOT as rich as you think but ever since my trip to Singapore I have been th
The 10 Golden Rules of Personal Finance
There are very few exceptions to what I call the 10 Golden Rules of Personal Finance. Don’t regularly spend more than what you make* Your gross income is not what ends up in
Where do we draw the line at cultural customs?
Pakistani man kills his wife for making him a vegetarian dinner. I know it sounds like a sick and twisted joke but it isn’t. She cooked him lentils instead of goat meat and