Archive for August, 2008
Menu Planning: 6 Tips To Get Started and Recipes From The Kitchen Staples List
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Let’s face it, school starts in a few days, the summer is coming to a close and you need to get back into a routine for the fall and winter months. Why not make it easier by getting started on your menu planning now? Here are some tips to [...]
5 Ways Your Choice Of Life Partners Can Make Or Break Your Finances
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Choosing the right long term partner takes time, patience and a sincere interest in making sure you’ve chosen the right person. After all you’ll be sharing your lives together quite possibly for the rest of your life. So it makes sense that your choice in life partners can impact your finances. But [...]
DC Bloggers Brazen Careerist Meetup Recap
Where else can you find an open bar, free goodies, good food and company? At the Brazen Careerist DC Blogger meetup! I was invited along with the other DC BC Bloggers for our first meetup where we shared good company and some good ole blogger networking. This wasn’t my first time to a blogger event [...]
Girls Gone Broke: Cyndi Lauper
This month’s group writing project is about Rich People Gone Broke! Being that Girls Just Wanna Have Funds is themed by the obvious, Cyndi Lauper’s Girls Just Wanna Have FUN hit of the 80s, I thought her profile appropriate for this project.
This 80s icon had it all: money, fame and a hit song which topped [...]
Dominican Hair Care Rates: NY vs DC
[ Aside: Feel free to skip this post as it isn't personal finance related so much as it is my ranting about the price differences between Dominican hair care in NY and DC]
If you’re a woman with textured hair then you know that Dominican Salons are the best thing when it comes to healthy, straight [...]
Whole Foods On The Cheap? Tips On Shopping At Your Favorite Organic Food Destination
The Whole Foods gods must have been listening this week as we adjusted our food budget to only include organic foods. This means only shopping at Whole Foods and after reading this article, it cinched the decision as the following statement blew us away because my husband and I really try to live a [...]
Waiting To Have A Baby Because Of Finances
Our parents had children in their teens and early twenties, now women are having children in their early thirties to late forties. Some might ask what are the pros and cons of such a decision. Why are women choosing to have children later on in life? Isn’t this considered selfish? Is it better off for [...]
My New Favorite Financial Everything Tool: Yodlee.com
I’ve blogged about Mint.com before and while I really do like their interface, I’ve found a new love, Yodlee.
Yes, I said it and I am prepared to shout it into the blogosphere! Not only do they log in seamlessly to each and every financial account I have, but they also have a great iPhone interface [...]
4 Reasons Why Women Should Take Control Of Their Personal Finances
Short but sweet. Here are 4 reasons why women should be paying attention in the area of personal finance when it comes to their financial health.
Retirement
Are you hoping that social security will be there for you when you finally retire? I hoe so too but with the current uncertainties, it is best to put your [...]
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Weekend Roundup Roadtrip Edition
This was an unusually busy weekend, but I don’t think we could have asked for a better one.
Friday night, the Girls Just Wanna Have Funds Meetup had their first happy hour in DC at Zengos. Unfortunately, it will our last trip there as the customer service was horrible and many members have vowed never to [...]
