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Will Valentine’s Day Cost You More or Less Because You Are LGBT?
Today’s that big Hallmark Holiday (as I refer to these holidays like Secretary’s Day, Mother’s Day, etc. that were created mostly to sell cards) called Valentine’s Day. While I am all for celebrating love today and everyday, I have to snicker at the whole push to “do” Valentine’s Day. You can drop a heck of…
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Save Hundreds on Eye Glasses
I hate going to the eye doctor more than the dentist. I’m sure it helps that my dentist has a liberal policy with the laughing gas, but eye appointments are never fun. I don’t like the puff of air being shot in my pupil, the pressure of picking which is better (“number three… or number…
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Sleeping With Money: Down-and-Out Valentine
‘œThe doer alone learneth.’ ‘“ Friedrich Nietzsche I never liked being single. Sure, I always tried to thrive during my alone time and often referred to this period as: The Year of Nina. Obviously, there was more than just one year of Nina. It was usually the year or two between my longer term relationships.…
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Professional Productivity In The Dead of February: You’ll Get What You Expect
February has always been an odd month in my mind. I sill have trouble understanding why there are fewer days. I can explain it, but scientifically it’s just abstract enough that I have to admit it does not necessarily fully make sense. I like the more colorful explanation that Augustus Caesar wanted his month to…
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The Future is Uncertain, and So Are Taxes
Back in the bad old days, when I was freelancing in college and didn’t know what the heck I was doing, I got burned badly one year when tax time came around. To the tune of several thousand dollars, which I’d neglected to put away in savings because I was young and naive and didn’t…
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Download Suze Orman: Thank Oprah
We love talking about Suze Orman. A few of us covered her coming out story last year. Susie Bright did her too in a guest post here at Queercents. Now it’s Oprah’s turn and she’s giving away a download of Suze’s book, Women & Money, for FREE’¦ but the offer is available for one day…
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Femme Economics: Save Those Shoes!
Three Reasons to have your shoes repaired: 1. The environment. Less shoes in the landfills. 2. Support your local economy instead of buying a replacement pair made who knows where. 3. It’s less expensive than a new pair. I actually own and have worn through many less pairs of shoes since I began buying leather…
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WWYD: Avoid or Accept Responsibility for a Lost Wallet?
A strange experience I had this past weekend made for a great What Would You Do? question: what level of responsibility will people accept for a lost wallet? I was at a club with a friend. It was getting late; the club was about to close; my friend needed to get his jacket before we…
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A Day in Money
At this moment–Tuesday night when I’m writing this, or Wednesday morning when it’s published, doesn’t matter–the weather in the DC metro area is abhorrent. It’s cold, slushy, slippery, gray, and miserable. If I’m lucky, and I never am, Wednesday will be an exceedingly frugal day because when I wake up and check the Metro’s website…
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Tax Tidbit #6: Deduct Un-reimbursed Business Expenses
Last weeks Tax Tidbit prompted a great question. Nina asked if there were any tax tips for those of us with un-reimbursed business expenses. If you spend your personal money for business expenses, and your employer does not reimburse you, you may be able to deduct those expenses on your personal tax return. The IRS…
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