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Quarter Life Personal Finance: 5 Tips To Manage Your Money In The Midst Of Chaos
If you recently graduated from college then you’ve been hit with the task of managing your own finances. You may now have a job with a decent paycheck and along with that comes bills, unplanned expenses and learning to balance your checking account. During this time you may also be experiencing some confusion, doubt and [...]
Reader Mail, Financial Advice and Site Improvements
I have quite a few drafts in the works but I feel compelled to write this post to keep all of you up to date with what’s going on behind the scenes.
Since the NBC airing over the weekend I have been swarmed with requests for state chapters, financial advice and of course I [...]
FNBO’s Pay Yourself Challenge
Per FNBO:
FNBO Direct (www.fnbodirect.com) recognizes the challenges consumers face to save money — as costs for gas and food surge and credit card debt climbs to new highs. Our answer to help struggling consumers is the Pay Yourself First Challenge – and we think that the Challenge may be of interest [...]
Girls In the Red and Today Show Interview Recap!
The interviews went great and our meetup was really productive. Meetup members and attendees, Nikki and Nicole were able to tell their stories to Amy Robach while the producer scurried around trying to tie everything together. She was great and I enjoyed working with her over the last few days.
We really got a chance [...]
Girls Just Wanna Have Funds Today Show Interview in DC
The Today Show would like to interview anyone involved with the Girls Just Wanna Have Funds meetup here in DC to discuss debt support groups amongst women. The interview day and time is this coming Tuesday 6/24 in DC at Bar Louies at 6pm. Please let me know if you are interested.
Please note that this [...]
How We Saved Over 50% On Auto Repairs
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Saturday we got into a car accident with another pickup truck. We’re ok but the driver side mirror needs replacing. Today we began calling around for estimates at several auto body repair shops and received estimates up to $314. For a frikkin side mirror? Come again? On [...]
You’ve Got Mail: Reader Questions Answered
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With the mention from Good Morning America and the Wall Street Journal came more than a few questions from new readers. First, I’d like to say thank you for taking the time to read through the site and send in your questions. I love reader mail! I’ll just say [...]
Im Around And Falling In Love With Blogging Again!
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Some of you have noticed I havent been posting as much as I used to and that’s due to juggling quite a few priorities but towards the end of June I will be back on schedule. If you read this site often then you know that my FIL is now living [...]
Ultimate Graduation Resource List @ CampusGrotto
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May and June must be career development and resource month. I’ve been doing a lot of my own research around my next steps, taking a class on Career Development Counseling, not to mention so many graduate from high school and college this month. I came across this article today featuring an [...]
I’ll Take A Great Job With A Man Sized Paycheck Thank You!
The folks over at Yahoo Education published an awesome article, Great Jobs that Profit Women: Five Flexible Careers with Man-Sized Paychecks. Can you tell I’m excited? Maybe it’s because I’ve considered each one listed and pursuing two of them currently. So what makes them so great? They are positions which [...]
