From the monthly archives:

June 2010

My Credit Score

by Ashley on June 29, 2010

In my drafts folder, there is an unpublished post from several months ago where I say that I don’t care that much about my credit score.  My point was only that for the immediate future, I was going to make my financial decisions not based on how they might affect my credit score, but how [...]

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Goodbye WF Visa. Hello Halfway Point.

by Ashley on June 25, 2010

People often comment saying that they can’t believe how fast I’m paying off my debt.  Sometimes I can say, “I can’t believe it either!”  But, more often I think, “Are you kidding me? I’ve been at this forever.” After eight months of really hard work, I have paid off my second card and more than [...]

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The Debt As It Stands (6/16/10)

by Ashley on June 16, 2010

Oh, so close!  It was my goal to have the WF Visa paid off by this point in the month, but it’s not going to happen until my next pay day.  It was already going to be a stretch, but then I threw myself off by forgetting to turn in my last timesheet at the [...]

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I had this strange experience when my parents were visiting.  I was having a problem with my car, which my step-dad fixed, but then on our way back from the auto parts store, my car started doing something else weird. 1 We were sitting at a light and it was super hot (no air conditioning) and [...]

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I imagine this list is something I will have to continue adding to as I go, but at the halfway point of this journey, here is what I’ve learned about money.  You might notice an almost complete lack of numbers and facts.  That’s because most of what I’ve learned about money has to do with [...]

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Update On The 2010 Resolution

by Ashley on June 1, 2010

Some of you might remember that I made it my 2010 resolution to get out of credit card debt by the end of the year.  I knew it was going to be a serious challenge, but I figured that even if I fell a little short, I would still be so close to my goal. [...]

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