The Musings of the Absolutely Fabulous Ms. N.

Well kind of. Cleaning my desk drawer out today I found a receipt for my last eye doctor appt. It was for $200. I faxed it over to FSAFEDS so that I could get my medical reimbursement. If you have access to a health savings account I highly recommend it. I take out $40 per payperiod to put into the plan and I always make sure that I use it all up by the end of the year. Makes working for the feds that much sweeter.

Labels: money, saving, work

CNN/Money has a great article on 25 ways to save money/get rich. Take some time and check this out. For instance I did not know that you can have both a traditional and Roth IRA. Pretty cool.

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I totally forgot about what a cool site Restaurant.com is. You can get a discount gift certificate to eat out. There are a bunch of places in the Philly area. Plus with coupon code 90210 you can get 50% off. I got a $10 dining certificate for Cafe Spice (for lunch) for $1.50!

Labels: frugal, money, saving, web

I decided that I am going to be starting a personal finance blog that will only deal with my money saving strategies. So far I have posted once and got some great responses. I'll keep updating this blog but with less money issues. If you want to check out the other blog go to DivineMsN's Saving Advice blog.

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Ultimate Financial Diva!

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Labels: Fashion Maven, frugal, money, web

Today is the last day in NJ to register to vote for the 2006 elections. I for one am an un-registered voter and I intend to keep it that way. Actually the last time I voted was 2001. Why am I not registered you ask? Well I refuse to vote for either party. I am somewhat loosely affialiated with the democrats but honestly can you say that there is a difference between either party anymore? They are both corrupt and out of touch with the common person. I refuse to support either side so I will not vote.

I met with a financial planner yesterday. I am going to meet with him again so that we can actually see where my money is going and how I can make it grow. Being a single woman I have to make sure that I have enough dinero in the bank to live (to live the way I want to live). Right not the only asset I have is my car and we all know she aint much. :) Actually I do have a 401k thru work but I need to save some more. The FP asked me to think about how I want to retire and because I never thought about it before. It's a good question.

Labels: money, saving

I admit it. I am obsessed with money. How I earn it, how I spend it and how I save it. I have made some money mistakes in the past that I am working to overcome. I found a great resource on the internets today, a site called Saving Advice.com. I know that I will be checking this one dauly.

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I am been taking a serious look at my finances lately. I have been saving a little money and God knows I should be doing a lot more. I have been cutting out unnecessary purchases (good-bye audible.com) and trying to see where my money really goes. I am working hard to pay off all of my credit cards and working harder not to put a balance on them. I found out that there is a federal credit union that I can join. I am thinking about funding a IRA thru them. I will just have to make sure that I cut out some more unnecessary fun :( Oh boy, have I finally grown up?

Labels: money