February 2007
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Why Do I Blog?
Jennifer Lynn over at Broke-Ass Student tagged me for the blog meme asking the question “why do I blog?”
Blogging has been a long, strange journey for me. Poorer Than You is not yet two months old – a baby compared to other blog, and especially compared to my writing history. I started writing at the [...]
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Comments (3)Interview for Ethics, Values & Personal Finance Week
ISPF over at Grad Money Matters interviewed me, as well as
Golbguru from Money, Matter and More Musings,
and English Major from An English Major’s Money
as part of Ethics, Values & Personal Finance Week.
Yeah, that’s a lot of links all at once, so, here’s the interview. Start there.
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Join Upromise and Get $2 in Your Account
Being an affliate doesn’t just help me – it helps you guys! I just got an email from Upromise telling me that if any of you join Upromise (using that link) and add a credit or debit card to your account (these cards will never be charged), Upromise will deposit $2 into your new Upromise [...]
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Compacting, By Accident!
I think I’ve become an unintentional Compacter! For those of you who don’t know, Compactors are people who strive to reduce their environmental impact and increase their frugality by not buying anything new (except for food and health/safety items). I looked at my Excel document of expenses for 2007, and here’s everything I’ve bought:
Gas for [...]
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Free iPod Shuffle from WOWIO
[Update: This offer no longer exists. It was a great program while it lasted. From time to time, I've been known to highlight other giveaways for things like free iPods. Check out the Sweepstakes category for the latest giveaways!]
Yes, I love WOWIO even more now. My free iPod shuffle, which I got for referring 10 [...]
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Netflix vs. Blockbuster Online – The Battle Continues
The war over direct-to-mail DVD rentals continues, even in my own house. My mother has both Blockbuster Online* and Netflix* this month, and she’s torn over which one to keep. On the one hand, she can easily return her Blockbuster DVDs to one of their physical stores, and come home with even more movies – [...]
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$2300 Cake Topper!
*Straps on bonnet and apron* La-de-da, I am just trolling the internet, reading the blog of a friend of mine who is planning her wedding! What is this I have found? Oh my! Adorable custom cake toppers! These are amazing! I shall click this pricing link out of curiosity! WTF?!?!?!??!
$2,300 for a cake topper?!? Oh, [...]
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If You Give a Girl a Dollar…
The past few weeks, I’ve been sitting tight, waiting money from different sources that’s owed to me. Not quite a good as getting a job, perhaps, but at least something is coming in. All the money that’s due to come in already has a use tagged onto it. So I got thinking, what would I [...]
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Review: The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom
Yep, I’ve been reading a lot of Suze Orman lately. It’s not entirely on purpose, however. This particular book, The 9 Steps to Financial Freedom, I read because it was free. Not even “trip to the library” free, but free free. It was sitting on the bookshelf outside my bedroom door – my mother had [...]
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Pear Budget – Really Friggin Easy Budgeting
After reading on My Money Blog about how easy (and free!) Pear Budget is, I downloaded it and gave it a look-over. I was impressed – because it runs in Excel, the document size is practically nothing. It’s well thought-out, and easy to use. Unfortunately, I could also tell it wasn’t for me. I have [...]
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