This is something I need to try and remember to do. Not because I buy pricey clothes (I am a Thrift Store denizen and proud of it!) but because I do spend money I don't need to and then end up wondering where my cash has gone at the end of every month.

Part of this is the unavoidable side-effect of two adults with a first- and second-mortgage ( Read more... )

Prediction or fantasy: I'm holding on to it forfuture reference:

From ClusterStock, Oct. 1, 2008:

Now that the government has been terrified into rubber-stamping the bailout, what happens now?

In our opinion, here's the most likely scenario:

• Hank Paulson & Co. survey the banking industry and decide who will stay and who will go. JP Morgan (JPM), Citi ( ( Read more... )