A few weeks ago I applied for, and was approved for an MBNA card that offered 0% balance transfers until April 2007. It had a modest credit limit of $2,500, which allowed me to transfer my $1,500 Citibank Card at 20.99% balance onto it. My next highest balance was on another MBNA card with a ... Read more →
Last night my fiance uttered the words, “Maybe we’re just not thinking BIG enough for the wedding!” What tipped him to my dark side? Well, this week I bought the new copy of my favorite wedding magazine, Grace Ormonde Wedding Style. I showed him some photos of really big, plush weddings and he loved it! ... Read more →
We here at Make Love, Not Debt are huge advocates of the DIY arts/craft culture. In fact, I even have a photoblog (no link because, well, that would destroy our anonymity, and we wouldn’t want that, right?) that I semi-regularly post photos to. And she likes to crochet! We also like to buy stuff. Well, ... Read more →
In a recent comment, Emily pointed to her post on Creditbloggers that Australian credit card statements may come with warnings to emphasize the potential financial ruin that they can cause. There’s running a contest to see if you can come up with the funniest warning that you can think of. Leave a comment on their ... Read more →
I ran across View From the Sidewalk (via Digg) today during my morning reading. It is a blog of Michael Brown, a homeless man living in the streets of Greensboro, NC, blogging from the public library after being evicted from his home. His views are fresh and quite frank. He is what everyone does not ... Read more →
There’s no disputing that eBay can be a great source of income, while at the same time emptying your house of crap that you don’t need. But how about a punch in the face? As of this post 30 bidders have raised the price to $10,000 with more than 6 days to go. via Digg ... Read more →
How do we define the term, “afford”? Is it being able to pay cash up front? Is it being able to make the monthly payments? Is it having to choose between something unaffordable and an impossible alternative? According to www.answers.com: “afford” means to be able to spare or give up So by definition, we can ... Read more →
So She and I spent our Friday night NOT gallivanting with our other friends in their 20′s at the trendiest bars in town, but instead watching the Oprah repeat after Nightline. At least I went to Happy Hour earlier in the night. I’ve never really watched Oprah, but I can tell you that JLP is ... Read more →
I am so happy with my insurance company that I want to give them a shout-out. Country Companies Insurance has proven to be my #1 favorite company I have ever dealt with. I first contacted them when I wanted renter’s insurance my sophomore year of college. Their rates were comparable to all the other guys’ ... Read more →
Hello those coming from Business Week! We’re very flattered that we’ve been mentioned, given our relative youth in the PFBlog community. The mention was small, but totally surprised us! We hope to keep writing about our trials and tribulations with debt, money and each other. Before you leave, please subscribe to our RSS feed. It’s ... Read more →
Damn you, Bloglines. Shortly after work today the original Feedburner feed started to work again. At the same time, the alternate Feedburner feed decides to NOT WORK. I don’t know what to tell you, oh patient readers. Having two Feedburner feeds kind of defeats the purpose of having a Feedburner feed. Here’s a proposal: I ... Read more →
If you have subscribed to our blog using the Bloglines service, please change your subscription URL to the following: http://feeds.feedburner.com/makelovenotdebt2 If you are NOT using Bloglines, you can either stay subscribed to our FeedBurner feed, or change to the alternative feed. On Monday I noticed that FeedBurner was not picking up ANY of our Bloglines ... Read more →
We had been dating for 7 years when He finally proposed this past Christmas. Our decision of when to get engaged actually had a lot to do with finances. I had been in debt denial, and was insisting that he should take on more debt to buy an engagement ring. He was being more rational, ... Read more →
One of our favorite restaurants, Tre Kroner, was recommended in today’s Red Eye. According to the author, Tre Kroner, a 20-table storefront owned by Patty Rasmussen (a Norweigan-American) and her husband, Larry Anderson (a Swedish-American), blends the traditional dishes of its owners heritage and updates them for American palates. It also does a brisk brunch ... Read more →
Yahoo is running a series of articles about the relationships that men and women have with money, aptly titled Money, Happiness, and the Opposite Sex. One article in particular, Why Are Men Afraid of Money? (via Forbes.com) – caught my eye. I’m talking about the study last year, which found that men would rather marry, ... Read more →
Oh yeah it is. Why? They aggregate, like, a GAZILLION personal finance blogs. Rock! They have a little web 2.0 in them. Look at the links on the right — the MORE BLUE, the more HOTT. That’s right, HOTT with two T’s. They don’t make money off of you. We should be the only ones ... Read more →
I’m lounging around on this fine President’s Day, and I decided to do my taxes. I fire up good ol’ TaxCut, enter in all of my data… …and I owe the U.S. Government $474. Next year Uncle Sam, please be gentle. Ouch. Anyone got any good ideas on how to lower that tax bill?
Over the weekend Slickdeals.net pointed to an offer to get faster but cheaper DSL from SBC than what we already have. You don’t even need to call a vapid customer service rep — just click through and see if you’re qualified. Later, we saw a promo for DSL for $12.99 at the regular speed. I ... Read more →
In college, everyone is poor. That makes it pretty easy to just make friends regardless of how much money one has. Sure, there are a few people who seems to have an endless supply of beer money, but they are usually the exception and not the rule. Then comes graduation. Many of my friends had ... Read more →
I like to save money, but I don’t like to look cheap. When decorating, I usually look at the super high end magazines for inspiration, then try to duplicate the results using less expensive products. Last week I saw a wedding reception decor idea I liked a lot. The couple used photo frames to hold ... Read more →
