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If you’re lusting after the Louis Vuitton Graffiti collection, perk up!
The guys and gals over at the Journal of Marketing conducted a study where they surveyed malls in California and came up with the following:
“A significant segment of the population does not want to be branded, preferring to be understated… and is willing to pay [...]
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Some of you have asked, what are some of the reasons why we waited “so long” to have a baby. I wasn’t clear that 4 years was long but I will indulge because Im comfy sharing this part of my life with you. Now.
It really comes down to fear. Growing up I lived a good [...]
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Yes, I said it, I want to have a baby. Sadly, I don’t think my family believes this to be true. Right now, we’re on our annual vacation where close to 40 of us get together on a trip somewhere in the Caribbean. Actually, two groups, B.I.G and I.T.S. They are both investment groups where [...]
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If you’ve been reading this blog for some time then you know that I am truly on a quest to “have it all”. I want the man, the house, kids, degree and picket fence all by 30, and I got started at 26.
But is this possible? More importantly, necessary?
My take is that we’re growing up [...]
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How many times have we thought about this? Self imposed (sometimes socially) time lines on motherhood, career, education and marriage?
I’ve always believed that women can have it all. Still do, just in staggered moderation. Lately, I have to admit though, going through my own struggles with this as I want it all and pretty determined [...]
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Im sure some of you already figured out that I sent the money. Yes, I did and just know that it was for a good reason. I did end up missing a conference where I was to present but I guess during times like this you just have to make hard decisions.
I know that I’m [...]
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Scenario: You have a huge trip coming up that you’ve been planning for months now, but you get a phone call stating that you need to send money to a family member in order to get them out of a really bad bind. The kind of bind that’s possibly life or death because of the [...]
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Now that I am finished with my graduate studies everyone’s giving me THE LOOK and THE QUESTIONS. This has to be the longest running dilemma of my life but I kid you not, with each milestone, the questions begin.
“Soooo, when are you guys planning on having children?”
“You’re going to be pregnant by the end of [...]
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This month the PF Bloggers are writing about Family Finance History in our monthly writing project.
Looking back I would say that my immediate family has been pretty responsible with money. My mom was and is an avid saver and actually bought her home with 20% down a few years ago in NYC. Yah, the responsible [...]
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photo credit: tempophage
Over the last few days I’ve been forced to think about possible continuing care options given my father in law’s recent stroke and seizure over the weekend. We were not prepared to deal with a major illness in that it required care after leaving the hospital. As adult children the thought [...]
