Tales from a frugal-centric, fitness-crazed, food lovin' gal.
Posted in Finance on Oct 2nd, 2010
I just got back from the My Money Life conference, and I had an amazing time!! Susan did SUCH A GOOD JOB. I came away with so many good personal finance nuggets to share with you guys, I’m just bursting at the seams with all the new info I learned!! I’m off to go visit [...]
Posted in Finance on Sep 29th, 2010
Hi everyone!! Just a friendly reminder that the My Money Life : A Woman’s Financial Workshop & Expo is happening this Saturday, Oct 2nd! I was able to get a group discount code for us all, so you can go ahead and book your ticket online using the code and get the group rate ($10 discount). Here’s [...]
Posted in Finance on Sep 15th, 2010
(Source) The IRS issued a bulletin on Sept 3rd saying that, effective January 1, 2011, over-the-counter drugs will not be covered under a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Savings Account (HSA) or Medical Savings Account (MSA) unless you get a prescription. Luckily for me, eyeglasses and contact lenses will still be covered, so I can [...]
I just got approved for TWO MORE credit cards!! The Citibank AAdvantage personal Visa and personal Amex. I know, I know. I have a lot of credit cards already. One of these days, I’m going to get around to actually counting them, but it’s in the upper twenties, possibly thirties by now. I certainly don’t need [...]
Posted in Finance on Aug 10th, 2010
Update to the My Money Life Giveaway: I was crazy busy the last couple of days, and I like to give advance notice for the end of a giveaway, so I’ve extended the deadline to enter until Monday, August 30th at 8pm. Scroll down to the bottom of this post to enter! {The giveway is now [...]
Have y’all applied for your Amex cards yet? Today is the last day for the 30,000 Starpoints sign-up bonus with $1K minimum spend. After today, the sign-up bonus goes back down to 25,000 Starpoints, with a $15,000 minimum spend requirement. I just applied for the business card for both Tony and I…and we were instantly [...]
Great news guys!! A couple of weeks ago, I posted about an amazing sign-up offer for the Starwood American Express credit card (my all-time favorite credit card). Originally the link was only good for about a week, but it must have been pretty popular because the offer has now been extended through July 31st. You [...]
Posted in Finance on Jul 15th, 2010
Here are the settlement charges for the new mortgage on House#2. Settlement Charges 801 Origination Fee (2.4%) $ 1,356.25 802 Lender Credit for the interest rate $ (1,406.25) 804 Appraisal Fee $ 350.00 901 Mortgage Interest $ 8.86 903 Hazard Insurance Premium 1 yr $ 456.19 1002 Hazard Insurance Reserves 3mo $ 114.06 1004 [...]
