Posted in Spending, tagged Cars, Experience Gifts, Family, Gifts on May 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Why, a Mustang rental, of course!
I was looking through a friend’s scrapbook last night and there was a picture of a very old man sitting in the seat of a car. It was her husband’s grandfather, who was turning 100.
Apparently he’d always wanted a Mustang (he still jokes that someday he’s going to get one), [...]
Posted in Spending, tagged Experience Gifts, Family, Gifts, Mother's Day on May 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Every year at the beginning of May, websites and newspaper ads offer Mother’s Day gift ideas.
These oh-so-helpful lists always include a version of the following list:
Flowers (or alternately, the hanging basket of flowers – my mom’s Mother’s Day present for 15 consecutive years)
A spa gift certificate / massage
An iPod (yes, this is the ideal gift for [...]
Posted in Children, tagged childhood, Family, money memories on March 30, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On Thursday, I wrote about my first money memories and how they may have affected the way I handle money today. I found that I was pretty oblivious about money as a child, even though my grandparents distinctly remember me telling them as a 2- or 3-year-old that “Daddy works to buy me gum.”
I had [...]
Posted in Children, tagged childhood, Family, money memories on March 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Baglady wrote an interesting post Monday about how childhood memories of money affect your money habits. That post has inspired other personal finance bloggers, including Meg, English Major, and now, me, to think about their childhood money memories.
Here are some of mine:
As a five- or six-year-old, I was a door-to-door salesman. I would pick [...]
Posted in Children, tagged Children, Family, Gifts, Saving on March 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I have a nine-year-old stepson who receives an allowance of $9 every two weeks. Out of his $9, $2 goes to savings and $1 goes to the charity of his choice, leaving him $6. So, from his allowance, he is able to save $52 per year – not bad, but at that rate, he’ll be [...]
Posted in Children, Keeping Up with the Joneses, tagged Children, Family, Keeping Up with the Joneses on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My stepson turns 9 next month, and we are in the process of planning his birthday party. It’s not going to be too elaborate – we’re renting a couple of lanes at the bowling alley during “cosmic bowl” for about 8 kids and having cake. Total cost: $56 plus the cost of invitations, cake and [...]
Posted in Children, Debt-Reduction, tagged Children, Debt-Reduction, Family, Pregnancy on February 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When I was younger, I figured I’d have a baby when I was 24. Then, it became 25, 26, etc., and now I’m hoping to get to it before I’m 30.
What happened? Well, student loans, credit cards, cars, a house..plus, I wasn’t really ready until recently. So now that I’ve started seriously thinking about it, [...]
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