One of my major goals upon returning home was to declutter my life. I have, by and large, far too much stuff for only having been on this planet twenty years. I'm clearly a packrat - I have large amounts of trouble letting go of any memento of any … [Continue reading]
Instant Money!
I just rolled up the change that was in my coin jar. I don't know exactly when the last time I did this was, just since I found some 2005 nickels at the bottom of the jar, I think that it's probably only been a year and a half or so. I don't know … [Continue reading]
Beat the Campus Bookstore, Save on Textbooks
There's been a lot of buzz around the financial blog community lately about saving money on textbooks. At The Simple Dollar, Trent suggests getting the Amazon.com Visa and using it only for textbooks, and paying it off immediately each time with your … [Continue reading]
The Debt Snowball Plan
There are lots of theories about how to best eliminate your debt, but the best one I've seen is the Debt Snowball Theory (The Simple Dollar has a good explanation of it). In short, you list all of your debts, ranking them by interest rate. You pay … [Continue reading]
Random Money-Related Memory
Fifth grade. My parents were in some kinda of financial crunch, as usual. Only this time, their crunch came right at back-to-school time. So, no back-to-school clothes for 9-year-old Stephanie! I didn't care that much, really. My parents promised me … [Continue reading]