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Friday, January 11th, 2008Yesterday I went to a ATM to withdraw $100 from my checking account and found that my bank’s ATM machines were down. When you live in NYC, such events always give you a little jolt — memories from 9/11 and the blackout a couple years ago.
This got me thinking about a question […]
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Changing Directions
Tuesday, January 1st, 2008So 2007 is done and 2008 is here.
Last night, for first year I can remember, I didn’t go out for New Years Eve. I didn’t even wait up until midnight. I was feeling a bit under the weather and didn’t want to go out. M. pulled a muscle in his […]
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Banking Fees
Monday, December 31st, 2007I use Quicken to keep track of my spending. Today I was confirming my transactions for the past month in my Citibank checking account and I noticed that they charged me a $9.50 monthly service fee. I haven’t been charged a monthly fee in years because I have a large balance on my […]
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Snowflakes and Avalanches
Sunday, December 30th, 2007One of the great things about being on vacation is that I have had time to look at what a lot of other people are doing on the blogosphere when it comes to personal finance and paying down debt. I never knew there was so much good information out there, and so many people […]
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A Penny Found…..
Friday, December 28th, 2007Do you know people who seem to always find things when they’re walking? The ones who have stories of finding a hundred dollar bill, or an unopened box from Gucci’s? I have never been one of those people. Living in Brooklyn, I walk a lot, but for years I never found a […]
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