Wrong spending, right spending

September 14, 2009

I have the odd distinction of being able to say that I’m both good and bad with money. I waste a lot of money weekly on what they call “the Latte Factor”: a little bit of money spent regularly that adds up to big spending when you look at it over a period of time. [...]

Invest this

January 18, 2009

All this talk of it being tough economic times had not really affected me until recently when I received my quarterly statement from the company that I invest with. Thanks to my dad, I began investing a small amount of money about 12 years ago. I can’t believe it’s been that long! I wish I [...]

Fraud follows

October 1, 2008

I had another incident where a card I carry in my wallet was involved in something I’m told is all too common: debit card fraud. With the technology of card readers installed on debit machines that you use anywhere, someone can read your card. The really thorough crooks also set up a camera so they [...]

I like free the best

September 15, 2008

A while ago, I wrote an entry on the unused gift cards that I had apparently been saving for a rainy day that never seemed to come. Since then I’ve made some progress in spending them, but I’ve also received more cards to add to the mix (I’m not the only one who turns to [...]