by Nicole Ouellette | Aug 11, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
1. Get on a ferry. Bring snacks with you and take a ferry out to a Maine island. A cheap way to get out on the water, most ferries will run you under $20 round trip (at least the ones I've taken). Plus, you can take something like a bird field guide with you and...
by Nicole Ouellette | Aug 2, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
The following is a guest post from J. at Budgets are Sexy. He’s a funny guy, the kind you even want to be internet friends with. Check out his blog or better yet, subscribe so you don’t miss a single post.
Man, thank goodness I didn’t shell out those 10G’s I was planning on sending to Obama! haha …. j/k of course. But seriously, i had no idea you couldn’t write them off. I bet you used to be able to, but like always, someone (or a bunch of someones) ruined it for all of us.
It’s surely not the end of the world, and def. shouldn’t be one of the top reasons to donate to a cause, but it did get me thinking. Esp. considering i was just about to donate for the first time ever to a campaign! (can you guess whose?) I would have just slapped it right into my “contributions” folder at home, an added it to next year’s tax #’s.
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 27, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
I entered a contest to win the book “A Million Bucks By Thirty” a few weeks ago. When I didn’t win (and had totally forgotten about it), the author of the book contacted me, asking if I’d like a copy to review. Free books? I’m down with...
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 24, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
Continuing with yesterday’s theme (basically my excuse to dispense useful advice), we all have been in situations with our pals that make us think twice. A few more lame lines and how to counteract without being a jerk (oh and since I haven’t gotten...
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 21, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
Sean and I had a great time at Moosehead Lake and were amazed to discover it’s only 2 hours and 30 minutes from our house to Greenville. Maine is such a geographically diverse state. Where we went was so different than our normal routine that Sean said...
by Nicole Ouellette | Jul 18, 2008 | Personal Finance Tips
In an effort to be spontaneous (and a profound need to get out of town), Sean and I made reservations at the last available lot at Lily Pond State Park near Moosehead Lake. It’s a two and a half hour drive from our house and we’ll both leave work a little...
