Archive for May, 2008
Time to get serious
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Goal for tomorrow:
1) Sit down and figure out where we’ve spent money in the last 6 weeks
2) Figure out a way to regularly track spending going forward
I’ve used Microsoft money and mint.com in the past, but now i’ve actually created my own excel program that does everything the way I want it to. I [...]
Coming Clean
Saturday, May 24th, 2008Like any good personal finance blogger, I plan to post regular (monthly?) updates on my progress of paying down debt and savings toward goals. My finances are just starting to get settled after we moved to Amsterdam in April. I had been holding on to some cash because I wasn’t too sure about how much [...]
Welcome to my (pf) life
Monday, May 19th, 2008When I decided it would be fun to start a personal finance blog, I mentioned it to Spender, and he thought it would be a great idea. I was excited about doing something together, and thought it would be a little different than the blogs that are out that. Spender has expressed his desire to [...]
The beginnings of all things are small
Saturday, May 3rd, 2008I’m a Saver. He’s a Spender. This is the story of how we make that work and achieve our financial (and other) goals.
I want to start this blog mainly as a way to give us some accountability in both our finances and the way we deal with them together. It’s also a way to get [...]