In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial-ish topics where we agree to disagree. Joanna is a survivor. Cue Destiny’s Child soundtrack. She has battled leukemia, endometriosis, breast cancer, ADHD, and appendicitis. Most impressive is that she suffers from no lingering effects from these serious illnesses. That’s because Joanna’s a…
In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial-ish topics where we agree to disagree. When I spend my money, I expect to get what I paid for. I think most people do. If I buy a product, I expect it to work. If I order food, I expect it…
In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial-ish topics where we agree to disagree. We’ve mentioned a few times in past posts that a nice camera is a worthy investment for us. And why? Well, neither of us is much of a journal writer, so documenting our life through…
In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial-ish topics where we agree to disagree. I don’t know when the “Track Shipment” functionality was introduced to our glorious Interwebs. But if I had the authority to grant holidays in this great land, that day of inception would be forever celebrated.…
In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial-ish topics where we agree to disagree. And Joanna’s usually right (shhh!). Johnny and I argued a lot the first year of our marriage. Always about little things. It would start off with “Wait, you don’t think that [insert opinion here]?” And…
In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial-ish topics where we agree to disagree. But Johnny’s usually right. Don’t tell Joanna I wrote that. Cool, thanks. The first fight. Every marriage has one. Usually it’s a disagreement about some major fundamental belief: parenting, budgeting, politics. Ours went a little…
In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial topics where we agree to disagree. After Johnny and I had been dating for a few months, I found out the cold, hard truth about most of his clothing: it had been carefully hand-picked from the thrift store. Admittedly, he was…
In the He Says/She Says series, we discuss financial topics where we agree to disagree. You’ll hear the same advice from every personal finance guru out there: diversify, diversify, diversify. There’s any number of ways to do just that with your assets (even ones that might matter in a zombie…
The job hunt. We’ve all been there and done that, probably several times. The best feeling in the world is getting that call to set up an interview after submitting an application. Woo! They like me enough on paper to meet me in real life! But then the pressure’s on.…
“I think someone is using our bank account! There’s this random $100 charge.” “Johnny, remember? I got my hair cut.” “I know you got your hair cut, but what does that have to do with this $100 cha… NO! SERIOUSLY?!” And so only a few weeks into our budding marriage,…