Archive for April, 2007

Vacationing and Personal Price Tag Policies

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

I was reading the Women in Red message boards when I saw a topic about whether someone should go on vacation when she still has debt.  This is a topic that I’ve given a lot of thought to so I thought I’d flesh it out a little here.

Buy Eyeglasses Online and Save Hundreds of Dollars

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

My husband pointed out this site a while ago and I was just forwarding it to my sister when I thought I should share here, as well.
GlassyEyes is a site that was created after a guy broke his prescription, in-store made glasses.  He ordered a pair online and loved them.  Now he’s put together a [...]

The Rollercoaster of Real Estate

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

My husband just forwarded this to me and I thought I’d share. 
It’s US home prices adjusted for inflation plotted via Rollercoaster Tycoon.
Definitely interesting, if for nothing else than to admire the effort it took to create this and see what kind of ride we’ve had.

Elsewhere in the PF World… Confessions from Car Salesmen

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

MyMoneyBlog has once again brought great things to my attention.  I just spent a long time reading two articles from car salesmen - one reformed and one undercover for Edmunds.   The Edmunds article was especially enlightening about the training of car salesmen, what to expect and what’s really going on behind the scenes. 
These are must reads.
I don’t [...]

Confessions of a Document Packrat

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

I’ll admit to my problem for the whole world to see. I keep stuff. Lots of stuff. A single piece of paper takes up such little space, when I look at them on a one-on-one basis, I rationalize that it can’t hurt to keep that little piece of paper, right? The problem is that after so many years, that little piece of paper grows friends who go forth and multiply, thus taking up much more space than just that little old piece of paper did.

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