I'm starting to think that personal finance advice should be tailored to where you live. To some extent, it sort of is. If you live in Canada, you're not going to hear anyone telling you to put money into a Roth IRA - and if you live in the U.S., no one is going to suggest ... Read more...
If You Want to Know What the Apocalypse Will Look Like…
....tell people south of the Mason-Dixon line that two feet of snow is on the way! Seriously, I went to the grocery store last night, and you would think that a meteor was headed for the D.C. metro area. I had to stalk some poor man into the parking lot to get his cart from him ... Read more...
Updating My Apartment
One of my favorite bloggers is SS4BC over at Small Steps for Big Change. Her blog is not exclusively focused on PF, and I like that. I find her to be very honest and down-to-earth about all of the different topics she writes about. Anyway, she has been working through a book ... Read more...
Ugg, Virginia
Undoubtedly, living in the D.C. metro area is expensive. Housing costs, for example, are totally outrageous. I moved to the D.C. area from a small, almost midwestern city where the cost of living was very reasonable, traffic was minimal, and my quality of life was high. While I ... Read more...