Those of you who follow me on Facebook and Twitter know that on Friday afternoon I lost faith in my planned costume for the party Saturday. Not great timing. Tim is now instructed to be more forthcoming about his doubts about my costume costume more than a day beforehand. For those who don't remember, the plan was to wear this dress: With Continue Reading
Archives for October 2016
Bad movie live tweet (and some updates)
Life is slowly returning to normal around here. Tim Tim's teeth are in! He's having to relearn how to talk, just like he did with the old dentures, but by and large he's doing pretty well. "S" sounds are a bit tricky, but he's improving. And he's slowly testing out different foods. Next up will probably be burgers. Yeah, we dream Continue Reading
The RIGHT way to shop cash-back
It's almost November, which means the Black Friday sales (and, ugh, pre-Black Friday sales) are nearly upon us. Hopefully, all you savvy shoppers are planning on using cash back sites for your holiday purchases. So here are some tips for the holidays. Note: Even if you cash back shop a lot, I still urge your to look over this post. You might Continue Reading
Stop telling me to be happy
A couple of weeks ago I was having a ho-hum day. I made a joking post on the blog's Facebook page/Twitter feed to that effect: Is "lying in front of the TV feeling sorry for myself" a marketable life skill? Asking for a friend. Shortly thereafter, sometimes tweeted back to be happy because life is good. You don't know me Never, ever tell someone Continue Reading
How to get over PF burnout
It's been suggested that I have personal finance burnout. I momentarily bristled at the comment -- who wants to believe she's a burnout? -- before realizing it was absolutely true. Wherein I'm toast After all, I've been unable to create realistic financial projections. I've been exhausted at the thought of regular blogging Continue Reading
A PF blogger who can’t PF
I give up. I'm a personal finance blogger who is currently unable to keep track of her finances. Not a great look for me. Three months of confusion As I mentioned in my last post, we had more money than we should've at the end of this financial month. The month before that I failed to notice that Social Security sent us two Continue Reading