Mindful Money: What price fashion?
I was just browsing around at Dillard’s, because they’ve just taken another round of markdowns and their online clearance is one of my favorite places to buy dresses. As I mentioned earlier this morning, I don’t have to look presentable all that...Mindful Money: Thinking about refinancing
For many people, the recent situation with the economy (do you like how I call it a “situation with the economy,” all genteel-like, sort of like how during World War II there was a situation with Germany?) has had dire consequences. Unemployment is up....When you care enough not to give just “stuff”
Look; I’m a fan of stuff. I like having pretty new shoes and fun little gadgets. No one is ever going to accuse me of being some sort of ascetic. And there’s nothing wrong, per se, with wanting to have nice things. The problem comes, of course, when we...Mindful Money: Debt and retirement
I got to thinking the other day when I posted about IRA contributions, and I realized we’ve never really hashed out the whole matter of paying down debt vs. saving for retirement, here. And lord knows that many, many people—who are actually, you know,...Mindful Money: The conundrum of groceries and gas
I have a confession to make. Prior to the current financial situation in this country (you know, the whole “we’re not saying the ‘r-word’ therefore it’s not actually that thing that rhymes with concession!”), even as frugal as I...
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