Lindsey
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12 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - Goodbye ING Direct? · 0 replies · +2 points
12 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - Paris in the Winter · 1 reply · +1 points
13 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - Lifestyle Design and B... · 0 replies · +3 points
It all comes down to what makes you happy and if working that 9-5 allows for you to live the life you want and you don't hate your job (been there, don't recommend it), then there is no problem with that, since it works for you. I do envy the people who can just pick up and move anywhere, but to me it's more of a personality trait, I thrive in structure and don't love chaos. So I have built my life around that and have come to love and accept that about myself.
I totally got off topic on this one, but my point is to not let ANYone make you feel bad about how you live your life.
13 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - Food Budget Inflation ... · 1 reply · +1 points
I happen to love to cook, so that's not a problem for me, although I am also in grad school and some days just don't have any energy to do so once I get home from work. But I do a lot of menu planning, and some nights we have super simple meals that don't give us any leftovers, and others we will have something that is a bit more time consuming but will provide enough leftovers for each of us to have a lunch the next day.
We had some issues a while back with food costs spiraling out of control, because we went to the grocery store more than once a week, and once I started menu planning and limiting our trips to be only once a week, with some supplemental trips to Costco for bulk items like meat and pasta and such, it helped get our food costs under control.
13 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - How Do You Budget for ... · 0 replies · +1 points
My husband's job (which is an enormous fortune 500) just changed their health plan to be an awful high deductible plan with a health savings account (not to be confused with an FSA).
I have my annual checkups, cleanings, and I also see my dermatologist regularly for acne. I have some prescriptions (although by getting an IUD I don't have to buy birth control for 5 years, even though there was a bit of a small upfront cost) but the real kicker is that I have to get an eye exam every year, as my state requires it for contacts. So I spend just over $200 a year for contacts at costco (cheapest by far), and then this year was fleeced by Lenscrafters when I needed an eye exam at the end of the year (it was something like $150).
13 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - Yours, Mine, Ours: Mon... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - Giving: Do You Give To... · 0 replies · +1 points
While I don't know the exact percentage of my income I give (and I'm in a multiple income household, my husband and I both work full time and are in our late 20's/early 30's, own a condo, and I am also part time in grad school that we are paying for ourselves), I think it's important to do so. My husband thinks we give "enough" while I think we could easily do more. I also have the interesting perspective of working for a small nonprofit, in the development (aka fundraising) office, behind the scenes. So I already know the importance of donating, be it money or your time.
I give to my alma mater (husband refuses to give to his), also sometimes to my high school (it's quasi public, a strange situation), as well as some other local nonprofits. Most of our donations rarely exceed $100 at a time, although I do also have them matched because my husband works for a large corporation. We have been increasing our donations over the past few years, but still aren't giving enough to itemize our deductions.
I give to causes I feel strongly about, and I'm also starting to get into more volunteering, as my coworkers put me to shame with all of the great work they do outside of the office for other organizations that are in many cases much smaller than we are.
13 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - When It Comes to Housi... · 0 replies · +2 points
13 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - Non-Traditional Engage... · 0 replies · +1 points
13 years ago @ Well-Heeled, With a Mi... - 2011 Goals: Make Money... · 0 replies · +1 points
Your goals sound great, and for the most part completely manageable (I WISH I had the motivation to even try to get in 4-5 hours of exercise a week. I'm lucky if I get 1 hour in sometimes).