Posted in Finance on Jun 12th, 2008
I’ve been contributing (fully) to my Roth IRA account for a little over three years. At the end of this year, I’ll have around $16,000 total in my Roth IRA. Now that M and I are married and our current lease is up in August, we’re thinking about buying a place. So we’re doing all [...]
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Posted in Budgeting, Happiness on Apr 8th, 2008
Every frugal person I know has a certain pride about it: you don’t need to spend money the way other people do. For whatever reason, it’s something to feel proud of—like we’ve managed to sidestep some of the financial pitfalls that are out there. We’re better than that.
But a few things have happened recently that [...]
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Posted in Budgeting, Finance, Uncategorized on Nov 28th, 2007
Cash Money Life is having a giveaway for those that participate by posting their 2008 financial resolution in the SMART Goal Format.
Here is my resolution and how I intend to accomplish it:
I will add $10,000 to my down-payment fund in 2008
* Specific - I’m going to expand my alternative income by freelancing more often [...]
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