Comments on: Full Disclosure #001: In Which Amanda Lee Begins Speaking Her Mind About Fashion, Finance, and Writer’s Block

By: amanda lee dot org » Advice from Ramit: Spend Lustily on What You Care About, and Cut Costs Ruthlessly on What You Don’t

Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:54:16 +0000

[...] given my Situation, I’ve had to do a lot of learning about the best ways to manage money. One of the web’s [...]

By: amanda_lee

amanda_lee — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:32:56 +0000

NewLife—aw, thanks for stopping by here too! Thanks for your support. :-D

Jesse—I’m so glad people are reacting kindly to this; I was a bit apprehensive about posting it. I’m glad you’re doing the same thing I am with debt…after all, the sooner weget past it, the sooner we can use it to buy snobby food [among other things]. I like snobby food. I need more of it in my life. :-D

By: amanda lee dot org » Frugal Fashion from my Mum: 7 Tips

amanda lee dot org » Frugal Fashion from my Mum: 7 Tips — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:29:00 +0000

[...] in the process of trying to restructure my budget. You know that situation I have? [I feel like I should capitalize it: the Situation.] It’s making me reconsider [...]

By: jessejb

jessejb — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:42:55 +0000

Hey Amanda. Way to go for writing this.

I think more of us are in debt than we would like to admit. Its cool when someone just says “yeah…Im drowning in credit card debt.” Most people that are getting in trouble with their cards are still in the dangerous stage where they pay the minimums every month but are still using it irresponsibly. Thats what I was doing for years and it felt under control. Ive since cut my cards up and dont want to see any more of my income going to toward interest to some sleazy bank. We are pretty damn exceptional for 20-somethings and that money needs to go to cool shit like travel, next-level clothes and snobby food.

By: newlifenewwife

newlifenewwife — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:13:00 +0000

Hi Amanda Lee, thanks for visiting my blog. I too relate to the money thing and how my parents never talked to me about it growing up. Luckily I have a job that allowed to pay off any student debt and buying a house, although putting my in debt for a LONG time, is actually helping me out in others way (first time home buyers perks).

You can do it Amanda Lee!

By: amanda_lee

amanda_lee — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:46:27 +0000

Jeremy—you rock. Thanks for listening. And for being my go-to tech person. :-D

By: Jeremy Lavergne

Jeremy Lavergne — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:54:18 +0000

Sounds like you’ve got under control either way, but you shouldn’t stress out as much as you seem to be.

Relax, take an easy. Pert equations say this will all come to pass.