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Personal Finance is such a big fuss in our blogosphere, there are so many articles on how we can save more for our retirement, how to reduce debt, how we can live more frugally, how to not spend your money, and the list goes on and on. I love to read about all the different aspects of finance, because the truth is the more you think about finance the better you’re gonna do financially. But after applying all the neat hacks and tricks...

Wow that was a nice spring break. Boy did that week go by super fast. Speaking of which, this whole year is going by super fast. I can’t believe that it’s almost April! Where did this last 4 months go? Well anyways, I know I haven’t been posting for a while but I should be able to get back on track now that midterms are over and I have more time Good news: Today I finally got my taxes done!  And boy was I...

Last month went by so fast, I can’t believe it’s already February. So right now, I think I’m in good standings as far as my credit cards goes. I will have that paid off hopefully no later than the end of this month. Then when I get my debt straightened out, I can finally start up my investment portfolio. I’m still in the researching phase, so I’m not quite sure what funds I want to invest in yet but any...

I’ve been hit with some unexpected blows this month that will probably pull me away from meeting my goal to get debt free by Feb 26th. It sucks to say but looking at my situations realistically, I’m looking at pushing my goal two months back. But who knows, I might still have a shot at making it by the 26th if my tax return ends up being really nice to me. Anyway, two reasons for my set backs: My first hit came from my work....

Oh man, Thank God Christmas shopping is over and done with. So I was one of those last minute shoppers and waited til the last minute and did my Christmas shopping on the 24th and let me tell you…it was no fun. I ended up spending $334.11 for christmas gifts, which was still under my original budget of $400.00 but probably could have saved about 50 bucks if I wasn’t so much in a rush. That’s why it’s a baaad idea...