by Nicole Ouellette | Apr 30, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
This week it’s Mission Health Insurance in my life. I’ve got to navigate this before my current job ends so this week, it’s the Week O Insurance at Breaking Even. More posts about this fascinating topic in the coming days! I was at the airport way...
by Nicole Ouellette | Apr 20, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
Tofu is one of my favorite protein staples. At $2.50 a pound (or sometimes less), it beats the price of most every meat out there. Plus it’s really versatile. I am about to go on vacation and rather then go grocery shopping, I am having a few random meals to...
by Nicole Ouellette | Apr 2, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
So I’ve had a “secret” ING Direct account for about a year now. Every pay period, $25 magically disappears from my paycheck. I see it on my direct deposit going out into the universe but other then that, I don’t think much about it. Being the...
by Nicole Ouellette | Mar 29, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
One of my Christmas gifts was a $50 gift certificate for eBay. I’ve been trying to spend it for three months completely unsuccessfully. This is probably for a few reasons: 1) I refuse to spend over $50 (what the gift certificate is worth). 2) I have bid three...
by Nicole Ouellette | Mar 26, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
When my friend Paul posted this idea on his Facebook page last week and I thought it was pretty brilliant. Lasagna gardening isn’t growing ingredients for lasagna but an easy growing technique that Paul’s wife Lorena has successfully implemented. (Those...
by Nicole Ouellette | Mar 23, 2009 | Personal Finance Tips
About four years ago, I did some volunteer work at a local food pantry. My job is interviewing prospective users of the pantry which included an in-depth discussion of the budget and finances. I remember one day having to look up the federal poverty rate and having...
