PERSONAL FINANCE, ELEVATED.
The thing about personal style is that it doesn’t have much to do with money. Some of the best-dressed people I’ve seen have also spent the least amount of money on clothes, so in the interest of saving monies, today I’m advocating the virtues of thrift store shopping. For me, a love of thrifting was […]
I’ve been on a tear lately where I travel to expensive islands, get initially shell-shocked by food prices, then wonder if I’ve made a critical mistake in choosing my destination. First Maui, then New Zealand, and now it’s happened with Iceland. Within hours of landing in Iceland, I was not only freezing in my jeans, […]
*This post contains affiliate links. When I first started using cash back sites, I kept noticing one website topping the list for highest cash-back rates. It was called Jewel. A well-known cash-back giant like eBates it was not, so I put on my Sherlock Holmes hat and started researching it online. Then I read an article […]
The other day I wanted to buy $3,000 for two plane tickets from Italy to NYC. One-way plane tickets. For a 9-hour flight. That might not raise red flags for you, but I’ve never spent that much on plane tickets before. A roundtrip ticket to Asia, sure, but that’s for twice the amount of flying […]
Travel hacking is not for the faint of heart. I recently booked first-class seats using my points for “free”, but make no mistake, it definitely wasn’t free. It cost me my time. I spent at least 10 minutes every day for several weeks searching for those seats. While I think it was worth it, not […]
Hello, hello! I’ve had a few money wins lately, so here’s a quick life update from me today. 1. We Cancelled Cable! Well, my husband did. It’s a huge administrative win, and I feel such a weight off our shoulders. Cable was one of those things we never used enough to actually justify the price […]
A few weeks ago I was minding my own business on the train when I felt a certain energy in the air. I looked up and saw a sea of purple satin. Oh, hello, NYU grads. Since I’ve realized I have some young readers, I thought I’d write something specifically for people fresh out of […]