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That’s right, I’m in the middle of finals right now (including stats); so there probably won’t be regular posting until the end of next week.

There’s a big pieces in travel news this week: Skybus- an ultra-low cost ($10 plus taxes) airline opened their website for ticket sales this week. They start flying in May. There’s a really good post about it over at Upgrade Travel, so I’ll defer you to him for the details. But, when it comes down [...]

I have a wonderful loving old Golden Retriever who has kidney disease.  We discovered this about 2 years ago after she had been peeing on our rug (even if we were gone for just 3 hours) and we took her to the vet.  After a number of blood tests they determined that she has kidney [...]

We’ve all heard about the gender pay gap– women earn anywhere from 65 cents to 75 cents to men’s $1. But that’s certainly couldn’t be true for our generation– twentysomethings right out of college. There’s no way we can be earning less than men our age at our exact same jobs, is there? Apparently, there [...]

The 15 Tips for Cheap Travel series is now over. I really enjoyed writing it and I hope that everyone enjoyed the tips the series offered. For those of you who want an easy to navigate format here it is. 15 Tips for Cheap Travel: Ask What’s Fixed and What’s Flexible a. How to Find [...]

This is the fifteenth post of the series “15 Tips for Cheap Travel.” You can navigate the rest of the series by going to the 15 Tips for Cheap Travel index. Once your trip is over, it’s time to return home. Unfortunately, getting back home will cost money too. Here are some things to think [...]

The definition of rich is something I often think about and it’s something I’ve previously written about in the post “What does it Mean to Be Rich?” So, whenever I come across someone’s definition I pay close attention. In Suze Orman’s newest book, Women & Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny she offers [...]

This is the fourteenth post of the series “15 Tips for Cheap Travel.” You can navigate the rest of the series by going to the 15 Tips for Cheap Travel Index. When you visit a new city you will want to try all the local foods that the city has to offer, but you will [...]

The weather is certainly not pleasant in D.C. today. It’s cold and rainy and windy; but at least we’re not flooded (yet) like the rest of the Northeast. Thanks goodness there is some good reading to start out the week. Take a look at the following posts: The 96th Carnival of Personal Finance is up [...]

If you buy a Chipotle burrito today (April 14) or tomorrow (April 15) you get a free one on Monday (April 16th) to “EZ Your Tax Day Pain”. And Tuesday (April 17th) is Free Cone Day at Ben and Jerry’s (as I mentioned in a previous post in how to get free ice cream.) Mmm, [...]