Archive for the 'Personal Finance' Category

How much did you spend on your wedding?

As our first wedding anniversary approaches in July and the official summer wedding season kicks off down here in central Florida, I’ve been reflecting back on our wedding last year and looking over the budget spreadsheet to see if there was anything I regretted on it.
Chris and I were married last year for just under […]

Total Money Makeover Update: April 2008

It’s been four months since Chris and I began our slightly modified Total Money Makeover plan, and despite our lack of what author Dave Ramsey dubs “gazelle intensity,” we’ve made some decent progress toward eliminating out non-mortgage debt. If you count the $4200 home equity line of credit we knocked out from September 2007-January 2008 […]

Taking Baby Steps & Rolling the Debt Snowball

As most of you know, my husband and I have been following the steps in Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover (TMM) book since the start of the year. Actually, we inadvertently got started last September with a more limited plan to aggressively pay off the $4200 we put on our HELOC in June when […]

1/25/08 Log: $150 Billion Stimulus Package

I weighed in at 142.0 lbs flat this morning, so the fat is definitely burning off again, albeit slowly. I’m starting to notice the changes in my arms and midsection now, so I’m happy. PMS water retention is most likely at play right now, too, which means that I’ll very likely be sub-141 in a […]

12/6/07 Log: Xmas Skates and Baby Steps

Calories were a bit high yesterday at 1705 cal (35% carb/40% pro/25% fat), but still within the range recommended in Dr. Mohr’s guidelines for a 140 lb female. I had some extra BBQ pork last night when I got home, alas, probably rationalized subconsciously as a reward for skipping the holiday party at my […]

Financial and Physical Peace

I’ve been listening to and reading the writings of financial talk show host and author Dave Ramsey recently, and it has really struck me how many of the things he says about financial responsibility and freedom correlate to fat loss and fitness as well. I’m in decent shape both financially and physically thanks in […]

123rd Carnival of Personal Finance is up!

The 123rd edition of the Carnival of Personal Finance is up at The Dough Roller this week. My post on My Impulse Buy Savings Plan is one of the Editor’s Picks.
Some other Carnival posts I enjoyed:

Why Do We Read and Follow Money Tips and Never Become Rich?
36 Important Money Saving Tips
Live on […]

My Impulse Buy Savings Plan

One of my unspoken personal vows to myself this year (call it an early New Year’s resolution) was to stop buying so much crap on impulse. More specifically, I am battening down the hatches on gazingus pin spending. I have mentioned before that I have enough frivolous crap acquired throughout my 20’s and […]