Where ‘taxes’ is a dirty word

May 1, 2012

I filed my t*xes for 2011 on time yesterday, meaning I had a full day’s grace. My colleague rushed out of work today just before 5pm saying something that I didn’t quite catch and when she returned to the office she expressed her frustration that the post office closed by 5pm on April 30. I [...]

Jummy does personal finance

March 13, 2012

I love deals and hate paying full price for anything, so it kind of follows that I’d eventually get to the point where I care about where my hard-earned money is going. I’ve decided to no longer pretend that money grows on trees and bank accounts are limitless. My financial story isn’t scary, thanks to [...]

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 [...]