Fabulously Broke outlines 5 excuses we use to justify our bad spending habits.

I don't know if my favorite is "It's an Investment" or "I had a hard day, I deserve a treat."

Almost done. Posting this a bit late because, well, sleep was necessary and strangely hard to come by.

Anyway, after 51 weeks, you know how this works. I'm going to take another nap now.

I'm at my aunt's house. It's all bustle and go here but that's the holidays for you.

The real question is how you're doing? Don't think that the holidays gave you a free pass.

Two weeks left! Go, go, go!

Most of you are on Twitter. The rest think it's an abomination and should burn. However, no one can deny the sheer genius that is @FakeAPStylebook.

Consider this recent gem:

"The Batman" and "the Doctor" on first reference, "jeeze, that would be an awesome team-up" subsequently.

-- 9:09 AM Dec 14th

Or perhaps this deliciously evil piece of ( Read more... )

We're almost done, guys. Pick yourselves up, dust yourselves off and pick a goal for the last month of this project.

If you made it this week, tag in and let me know how it's going.

If you didn't make it, you have three weeks left. Go, go, go!

Happy Hannukah, the festival of perseverance! [look, I'll make up my own interpretations to fit my needs if I want to.]

Have you persevered this week? Let me know.

And now, time for chocolate.

I'm totally chair dancing to Somebody to Love right now. That has precisely nothing to do with this post. Neither does the fact that I got my nails done today ( Read more... )

Though there are 6 weeks (5 1/2 technically, I suppose) left before the official last check-in day of January 8, 2010, it occurred to me that people might like their earnings for the holiday season. You know, for presents, bills, buying yourself that thing no one else is going to get you ( Read more... )

It's Friday, do you know what your goals are?

You know the drill. Comments are screened, just comment in and tell me if you made this week or not.

Less than two months to go, it's a great time to jump back into making your goals if you've fallen off them.

Not that you guys need the encouragement. In fact, the participants of More Joy have earned a collective $1830 this year so far. (That's an average of $40 weekly, in case you were thinking this is a savings program you could never ever ( Read more... )