I’m pretty impatient, this was especially true when it came time for me to work my way out from a $28,000 student loan bill. The only thing I wanted more than being debt free, was to be debt free NOW! My intense desire to get out of debt was the best and worst thing that [...]
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Would you marry someone if they were $10,000 in debt? How about $20,000? How about $200,000? I’m a firm believer the more debt you have the uglier you are. Okay, maybe not uglier…but definitely less attractive. Think about it like this. If you could conjure up your dream mate, would said mate be blonde or [...]
I’ll never understand why some married couples keep their finances separate (yes, that is me quasi-judging some of you). Maybe it’s the traditionalist in me, but when I asked Girl Ninja to marry me, I asked her to marry ALL of me. This includes (but is not limited to) my sense of style, my obsessive [...]
I might as well change my name from Ninja to Lisa Frank, because I freakin’ love Unicorns. While I was exploring Germany this weekend, I came across a store called ‘Unicorn’. I thought I died and went to Unicorn Heaven! Anyhow, when I saw that store it reminded me of an article I wrote a [...]
I have some very disturbing news to share with you all. I just found out my home girl Red, who blogs at Girl With the Red Balloon, hates happiness. She probably also hates puppies, rainbows, and babies, but I’m yet to confirm that. I came to this conclusion after reading this sentence in a recent [...]
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 [...]
My boy Eric hooked me up with a guest post today. He has a finance degree from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the University of Denver. He is currently a senior treasury analyst at a Fortune 500 company. He blogs about personal finance at Narrow Bridge and the Middle East at The [...]
