PERSONAL FINANCE, ELEVATED.
It’s that time of year when people are thinking about money, because I’ve been getting lots of e-mail lately along the lines of, “Hi Luxe, what would you do if…” I start hammering out a reply, but then I think, hey, I bet other readers are wondering about this same thing. So today I’m test-piloting […]
I always thought clothes-eating moths were an old wives’ tale. In all my years of being careless I had skated by, scot-free (or shall I say, hole-free?). My friends never seemed to report moth problems, either. Because I had internalized the belief that clothing moths didn’t exist, I was cavalier about how I stored my […]
To me Black Friday is just another sale. It’s up to me to wade through the noise and vet whether or not the deals are legit (they’re usually not). 30% off on something that usually goes on sale anyway? Yawn. 30% off on something that never goes on sale? Now we’re talking. There’s a lot […]
I’m a gift giver’s worst nightmare. About eight years ago, I asked people to stop buying for me. The reasons were well-intentioned: “I already have everything that I need.” “If I want something, I’m fortunate enough that I can just buy it myself.” “If we’re talking love languages, I’m more of the Acts of Service […]
Have you ever been at a group dinner where everyone except you put down a Chase Sapphire card, and wondered: what do they know that I don’t? Maybe you got your first credit card at your local bank, because you didn’t know other credit cards existed. Or like me, you were a hapless college student […]
I started writing this weeks ago, but then I got self-conscious and decided to scrap it. Doubts told me that this story wasn’t worth talking about. Because $58k is an absurd amount of money for a single person with no real responsibilities. Even in New York City. At least to me. And wouldn’t that be […]
Last month, I wrote about the fashion classics everyone says I should buy but don’t. Today I’m flipping the script and talking about the clothes I couldn’t live without. The ones I wear over and over again and constantly re-buy, because they always seem to suit me. There are very few “shoulds” when it comes to […]