2007
You are browsing the archive for 2007.
Do We Spend More When We Swipe Plastic?
“You spend 15% more when you use a credit or debit card instead of cash.” Have you ever seen this statistic before? Chances are, you have. But here’s a question for you – have you ever seen the study this statistic comes from? Lots of people quote this statistic, without citing a source. This isn’t [...]
Read more articles about Credit
• 
• 
• 
• 
• 
Comments (44)
PTY and the Blogging Scholarship
Poorer Than You means a great many things to me these days. It’s the first thing I check on when I wake up in the morning (obsessive much?) and I’m constantly jotting things down in a notebook when I get ideas for entries. It’s held me accountable for my own finances, giving me a push [...]
Read more articles about College • • • • •
Get $10 for Amazon.com and Cook by the Numbers: Lazy Sunday
It’s time for another Lazy Sunday – I’m sick, so I’m trying to stay in bed as much as possible. Apparently “staying in bed” means “taking two trips to the mall,” but I must never end my search for a pair of pants that actually fit me! Anyway, here’s your Lazy Sunday picks for today: [...]
Read more articles about Lazy Sunday • • • • •
Is Film School Worth All the Debt?
I get this question a lot. Some people want to know if I, personally, would have avoided film school in the first place because of all the debt I wound up with. Some people are aspiring filmmakers that wonder if film school is a good idea for them. And some people are just trying to [...]
Read more articles about College • • • • •
Huge Giveaway at ProBlogger!
Whether you’re a blogger or not, you’ll be interested in this giveaway! Darren over at ProBlogger is holding a giant – and I mean GIANT – giveaway with over $54,000 worth of prizes. The pace seems to be set at three prizes a day, with varying ways to enter (leaving a comment on the post, [...]
Read more articles about Giveaways • • • • •
Net Worth Update: September 2007
We all know that I’m a giant geek, and that all month I look forward to these net worth updates. What you might not realize is that I geek out about it even more during months that are ambiguous. Will my net worth go up or down? I don’t know, but I’m excited to find [...]
Read more articles about Net Worth • • • • •
Does My Frugal Life Make Me Miserable?
This is a response to Trent’s post The Backlash Against Frugality, which itself is a response to Anya Kamenetz Yahoo Finance article Staying Frugal in the Age of the iPhone. The long and short of it is that Anya wrote an article about frugality, and the comments left on it are very, very divided. Although [...]
Read more articles about Frugal Life • • • • •
Financial Aid Refund – What Do I Do With It?
It’s Student Loan Refund Open Season, and the line at Student Financial Services is about to get pretty long. For college freshman and anyone else who might not know what I’m talking about, Student Loan Refunds occur when you get more money from your financial aid than your school needs for your tuition and other [...]
ING Direct Orange Savings and Electric Orange Referrals
ING referrals have moved here: $25 ING Referrals. Sorry about the inconvenience, but it was a bit of a pain to upkeep two pages of referral links!
My Very Insane Credit Card Spreadsheet
I did something that probably falls under the category of “insane.” I pulled up all of my credit card statements for the past two years (thank goodness for online statements!), and I opened a new Excel spreadsheet. And I started entering all of the purchases I’d made on my credit card since the last time [...]
Read more articles about Debt • • • • •
