This is a guest post from Tisha Kulak, a writer who writes about credit card offers, personal finances and credit card matters. Credit card interest can be a financial killer if you are not handling your credit cards correctly. If you are only paying the minimum amount of money on your cards each month, you […]
May 2008
Lately, I have a hard time figuring out what to spend money on. It’s a strange feeling because my urge to buy something hasn’t gone away yet I can’t think of something to buy when I want to. I know I end up being able to keep my money in my bank account which is […]
Today was really hot, which reminds me that summer is almost here. Over here in Southern California where we don’t really have heating bills, summer always means a much higher electric bill because of air conditioning. Although I always try to tough it out by not turning the A/C unit on, I think I will […]
Speaking about different sales tax, I also remember an interesting experience I had one time when I bought something from Macys’ (department store) from another state and returned the product in Orange County that I want to share. I don’t quite remember what it was that I bought, but when I returned the product to […]
While I was traveling in Raleigh, North Carolina, I bought a wireless mouse at the Apple Store to work with my Macbook Pro. It wasn’t until I heard the cashier tell me the total did I realized the sales tax was different than where I live (Southern California). I checked the receipt, and there in […]
I just realized that I never balanced a checkbook nor do I even know what balancing a checkbook is. I always heard that it was very important to balance my checkbook but I never bothered to figure out what the difference was between my checking account and my credit card transaction list since I can log onto […]