Articles Archive for January 2008
Posted in Consumerism on 17 January 2008
In the next week, my boyfriend celebrates his birthday, as does my favorite cousin, an uncle and two of my college friends. I’m having a bit of a dilemma trying to decide what I should do to acknowledge their birthdays.
In grade school, I remember doing something for everyone’s birthday. We all had birthday parties, and [...]
Posted in News and Updates on 16 January 2008
It’s time for another book giveaway everyone. Most of the time when we receive books for review, the PR company is kind enough to give us two copies, one for review and one for our readers. If you recall, I did a review on The Little Book That Makes You Rich by Louis Navellier.
The rules [...]
Posted in Consumerism on 15 January 2008
My boyfriend and I went out to lunch on Saturday — a sort of spur of the moment thing. On our way to the restaurant, I went through a stack of coupons and managed to find one that would get us $4 off of two meals. That stack contains coupons for a lot of restaurants. [...]
Read the full story »Posted in Personal Finance, Save Money on 14 January 2008
A lot of people buy a car every five years or so, and there are some who swear by buying new cars while others prefer to buy used. I’m a proponent of used car buying simply because they are a better value. I’m basing my stance on pure numbers. It’s smarter, financially, to go used [...]
Read the full story »Posted in Weekly Links on 13 January 2008
Its almost two weeks into the new year and I’m feeling great about 2008. I’m officially a college graduate and this is a new beginning. I’m not worried about all the talk about the economy, the war, the murders, etc. The news sells fear and thats what they are good at doing. I’m focusing on [...]
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