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Found Money Creates Wants

July 25th, 2012 | 25 Comments

Found Money Creates Wants

Today’s post is not going in the direction of showing you strategies for battling the “wants” that spring up after finding money.  Rather, I am just going to share the experiences and struggles that have emerged for us in the wake of receiving some monetary gifts this summer, particularly in terms of our joint money mindset.   Kyle and I received a large gift for our second wedding anniversary in May, and this month we received/are expecting … Read entire article »

Filed under: found money, marriage

Strategies for Paying for Vacations

June 20th, 2012 | 24 Comments

Strategies for Paying for Vacations

Kyle and I committed to attend the black tie wedding in Chicago that I’ve mentioned a few times.  In addition to attending the wedding itself, we are going to make it a long weekend to see some of our good friends who live there as well as sight-see as we have never been to Chicago before.  We are excited to make some amazing memories!   Financially, though, the trip is going to be a stretch.  We haven’t … Read entire article »

Filed under: found money, luxuries, travel

Does the Source of Gift Money Matter in Spending?

April 2nd, 2012 | 14 Comments

Does the Source of Gift Money Matter in Spending?

This past weekend I was in Atlanta participating in a global health case competition.  The top prize was $6,000 for a team of 6.  My team didn’t win or even place (though I was very happy with our performance) but before the weekend I spent a little time thinking about how I would use the $1,000 if we did win.   If I received a sum of money as a gift from a family member, for instance, … Read entire article »

Filed under: giving, spending