I’m Taking the GMAT on Saturday

March 12, 2012

I’m taking the GMAT on Saturday, which is to say, don’t expect any posts here for the next five days. For those of you who also read my Becoming a CPA blog, you’ll already know some of the trials and tribulations I’ve faced in preparing for the GMAT (and in applying to grad school) over [...]

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March is a Month for Spending Money

March 9, 2012

I suppose March isn’t traditionally a month for spending money, but it does seem to be one for our family, especially this year. Let’s just put it this way: On Tuesday, I spend roughly $1,700 in two hours. Yeah, kind of makes me weak in the knees, too. So what do we spend on in [...]

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Of plane tickets and credit card balances

March 7, 2012

Last night I put $858 dollars worth of plane and train tickets on our new Capital One Venture card (we were approved!), despite the fact that we don’t have the money in savings to pay it off immediately. Of course, this goes completely against the plan that I outlined when I first discussed getting the [...]

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Buyer’s Remorse: The Unplanned Meal Out

February 15, 2012

I want to tell you a story about Buyer’s Remorse. (If you’re not familiar with the term, buyer’s remorse is “the sense of regret [you feel] after having made a purchase.) I had a half-day last Thursday, which also happened to be my husband’s day off. For kicks, he decided to come downtown to pick [...]

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Our Valentine’s Day Plans

February 13, 2012

This year, my husband and I aren’t doing much for Valentine’s Day. I asked him not to get me flowers, chocolates, or jewelry. We agreed not to get each other cards. We’re not going out to a big, fancy dinner on Valentine’s Day Night. We talked about it, and I told him that I don’t [...]

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How to Cope with Owing Unexpectedly at Tax-time – Part 2

February 10, 2012

I wrote on Wednesday about the “fun” surprise that we owe on our taxes this year. After I talked to my father-in-law, he suggested seeing if filing separately might work better for us than filing jointly. He said it doesn’t often gain a married couple much, if anything, but occasionally it’s the right way to [...]

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