Posts tagged "money"

Avoiding Fashion Impulse Buys

[source] Impulse buying: we’ve all done it. Maybe you can’t resist a deal, and there happened to be a sale rack chock-full of awesome tops, so you grabbed eighteen. Maybe you didn’t realize you already had a navy sheath dress, ’cause it was buried behind a winter coat. Maybe you wanted to wear your favorite...

What’s My Purse Worth? [Sub-Question: How Serious Am I About Dental Hygiene?]

Here's the breakdown of the contents of my bag.

Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Before I Moved to New York

Some people are exceptionally kind. These are the people that make living in New York worth doing.

Why Fashion Matters

A version of this post originally appeared on my site in August 2008, but it bears repeating. So read it again, kids. I’ve touched on this before in some of my Inspiration posts, but it’s something we can’t afford to forget. So let’s go over it again, shall we? How you look matters, people. And...

Packing a Lunch

These days, since I'm working outside my house over seventy hours a week, packing a lunch is a habitual thing. Since I'm actively trying to be more selective about what I spend my money on [read: savings account entries and shoes, rather than daily lunches and dinners out], bringing a lunch is a point of...

8 Things you’ll Absolutely Hate About NYC

It’s where everyone wants to be—the city with more mythical significance than probably anywhere else in the world. Sinatra wasn’t lying when he said that if you can make it here, you’ll make it anywhere. This place will try your patience, pillage your pocketbook, and may once in awhile leave you crying on a street...