Author Archive for: ‘Ginger’

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  21 Days to Rock Your Finances: Day 9 -Review Your Credit Report

  (photo: essence.com) Today we tackle that holy grail we call credit.  Depending on who you talk to, we have to live with it but must learn to do without it.  Until you get to a point in your financial life where you can live on [...]

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  21 Days to Rock Your Finances: Day 8- Trim The Fat From Your Budget

  I know, you’re thinking didn’t I just create a budget in Day 7?  Yes, you did and congratulations because that is the first step to making this process hands on! But today, we’re going to tweak things, just a bit.  You may have just listed [...]

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  Alternatives To Suze Orman’s Prepaid Debit Card + Backlash Continues

  (photo: amodernquest.com†) Consumerist called the Suze Orman Approved Card, “Cream of the Crap” and upon further investigation, that would be a compliment. I am thrilled that media outlets like Fox Business are calling foul and shining a light on not only Suze’s reaction to the [...]

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  A Day In Life Of An Avon Rising Star: Linda Montavon

  I think Avon is one of the best products, high quality.  I love everything about Avon.  I love that Avon transforms lives.  It brings you connections.  Carol started out as a customer many years ago, and even though she is still a customer, we are [...]

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  21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 7 -Zero Based Budgeting

  Now we’re cooking!  Everything that you’ve done so far  has prepared you for today’s post.  Creating a budget that works! Creating a budget is like pulling together all the right ingredients for the perfect recipe.  In this case, we’re cooking up financial freedom! Let’s recap: [...]

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  Suze Orman Prepaid Debit Approved Card: DENIED

  Suze Orman has really lost my respect with her latest stunt.  Now she’s come up with a pre-paid debit that seems to do more harm than good.  We’ve all seen the Rush card and maybe you know that the Kardashians came out with their “Kard” [...]

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  21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 6- Review All Bills And Expenses

  Since we’re on a mission to pay our own bills around here let’s get down to business!  Today’s mission is pretty simple.  Still, it’s painful for some because I really don’t think we realize how much we’re paying out in comparison to what we’re pulling [...]

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  21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 5- Make Extra Money

  Let’s recap 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 1- Create A 1 Year Financial Plan 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 2- Identify Your Financial Weaknesses 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 3- Track Every Penny Because Every Dollar Has A Job [...]

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  Your Budget Called: “Stop Wasting Money With Groupon!”

  Are you one of those people with several unused Groupon or Living Social vouchers in your account?  If so then pull up a seat, because this post is right on time for you.  Maybe you’re thinking that you save money with companies like Groupon, and [...]

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  21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Week 1 Recap

  Hopefully you’ve taken the weekend to unwind and review this week’s topics in our Rock Your Finances series.  If you’re just catching up here’s what we’ve covered so far: 21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 1- Create A 1 Year Financial Plan 21 Days [...]

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  21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 4-Automate Your Bills

    We’re now on Day 4 of Rock Your Finances.  If you’ve missed the previous articles in this series, you can catch up here: Created A 1 Year Financial Plan Identified Your Financial Weaknesses Learned How To Track Every Penny  Today’s task is pretty short [...]

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  21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 3- Track Every Penny Because Every Dollar Has A Job

  We’re now on Day 3 of Rock Your Finances.  By now you should have Created A 1 Year Financial Plan Identified Your Financial Weaknesses Today we’ll be discussing how to track every penny that comes in and out of your account.  This is the only [...]

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  21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 2- Identify Your Financial Weaknesses

  Today we continue our series: 21 Days To Rock Your Finances with identifying your financial weaknesses.  This is day 2 of our series – Did you create your financial plan?  If so, then let’s move on to identifying your financial weaknesses.  Think of creating your [...]

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  21 Days To Rock Your Finances: Day 1- Create A 1 Year Financial Plan

  It’s a new year and we all have resolutions!  If you’re reading this blog, the it’s safe to guess that you have a few financial resolutions that you’d like to tackle this year.  Well, how about we take a look at tackling them in 21 [...]

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• Change.org Petition: Wells Fargo Bans Customers From Suing Them

  I just signed the following petition addressed to: Wells Fargo. —————- Wells Fargo mailed out notices in December to their customers informing them of the intent to remove the right to become a party to any class-action lawsuit or even sue the bank themselves should [...]

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