Hello Sophisticated Spenders! During this week of Thanksgiving. I will share with you things I’m thankful for! I will kick off the week with a dream Thanksgiving table! I thought long and hard about the celebrities who would make a good/bad combination when seated at the same table to break […]
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Hello Sophisticated Spenders! September was full of cool events! Let’s jump right into the numbers. Readership: 741 views (74 LESS than August) Blog: $0 (no effort, no income) Fitness (Zumba and Insanity Instructor): $392.66 (I took 2 weekends off) eBay: $0 (again, no effort, no income) Facebook Likes: 297 (16 new […]
Sometimes you just know when certain people and events are gonna be special. This year I attended my 5th FINCON and for some reason, I KNEW FINCON was gonna be special when I hit that register button back in 2011. There’s nothing that could have prepared me for all of […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! I picked up a really cool book: 500 Writing Prompts. And just like it sounds, there are 500 writing ideas in the book. My friend and her daughter also picked up the book and the three of us will complete the book together. We are supposed to […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! My friend JMoney over at Budgets are Sexy found a cool new tool: The Wealthometer! Here’s how it works: You enter your information. Take a guess at where you fit compared to others. Find out your wealth compared to the rest of the population. Here are my […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! My posts have been sporadic lately because my MacBook is broken (again). Not only am I good at blogging, I’m also good at breaking computers *sigh I did NOT purchase Apple Care for my computer but it is covered under a 1 year limited warranty. I have […]
Top 5 podcasts Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Today’s post is all about podcasts. The ONLY reason I love traffic is because of podcasts. I also like to listen to podcasts while cleaning, on the phone (only with boring people), before bed and sometimes when I wake up (after listening to traffic […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Here are some numbers from February: Readership: Readers in February we had 339 views. That’s down from 543 in January. I’ve read some totally cool articles on blog post ideas. So I will write better posts this month! Twitter followers: 543 Facebook page likes: 260 Side Hustle […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! Last year I downsized! In addition to cutting the cable, I cut something else: My commute time! I now live right around the corner from my job (The US Patent & Trademark Office). Yesterday’s commute was quite an adventure. We had lots of snow in the Washington […]
Hello Sophisticated Spenders! I’ll admit I didn’t see any of the Oscar nominated movies this year. Why? I suffer from a condition called… Short attention span syndrome. That makes it VERY difficult for me to stay awake during movies (because they are SO long). I recently read (ok, I actually […]