When I left for college in 2003, my mom signed me up for my first credit card. Since I was going to school in San Diego, but my family was in Seattle, the thought was I could use this credit card if I ever needed to purchase an emergency plane ticket home. Fortunately, I never [...]
Credit Cards
Every now and again I like to pick your guys/gals brains. It’s not only helpful for me to see if I am at relatable to the people who read PDITF, but hopefully it’s also helpful for you to see where you stand against the masses. Since the value in today’s post is probably coming from [...]
I’m on my way to the airport to go visit Girl Ninja in San Diego, which means I’ve got a guest post for ya today. I’ll be back and in action next week. Enjoy your weekend suckers. I know I will Hi, I’m Ed and I’d like to punch TWO people in the face with [...]
Since yesterday’s post focused on credit, I figured it was only appropriate to continue on that same theme today. Specifically, in regards to purchasing a home. A handful of commenters yesterday indicated that Girl Ninja and I should just ditch the plastic all together. Dave Ramsey says those keep who credit cards are “Worshiping the [...]
Girl Ninja and I have quite the predicament on our hands. When we got married we decided we would combine our financial lives. So far it’s been a relatively smooth process. That is, until recently. Prior to getting hitched, Girl Ninja and I both had separate Alaska Airlines Credit Cards. The card has some pretty [...]
Seeing that I still haven’t fully adjusted to the eight hour time change here in Germany, I’ll be keeping things simple today. Let’s play a fun game called “What’s your current credit card(s) balance?”. I’ll go first. Girl Ninja and I have one credit card with a balance on it. I just logged in an [...]
I’m sure you’re all familiar with that catchy little jingle. The one that goes, F-R-E-E that spells FREE, credit report dot com baby. I love the song (it’s catchy), but I hate the message. Personally I think freecreditreport.com deserves a swift backhand to the jugular. It infuriates me that the company markets itself as a [...]
