Today’s post comes from the mailbag—a reader question! That’s right, I have readers. And they have questions. Apparently about kid’s birthday gifts: Dear LBYM: What’s up with the “no gifts necessary” line that gets dropped in every kid’s birthday party Continue Reading
Routine gets a bad rap. As an adjective, it gets paired with “oil change” and “colonoscopy” while its fun, sexy cousin spontaneous gets paired with “road trip” and “combustion”. The dating website eHarmony conducted a study in 2016 and found Continue Reading
On Halloween, I wrote about one big fat financial trick—companies sowing confusion and uncertainty around our choices. Best example ever? Health insurance. OK, I said I wasn’t scared. That isn’t totally true. Health insurance—buying it, paying for it, even being Continue Reading
It’s Halloween. That wonderful holiday that combines all of my least favorite things—candy, the outdoors, fun. Luckily, we’ve divvied up the parenting duties so my husband takes the kids around the neighborhood and I take … oh, you know, scheduling, Continue Reading
In 2005, I lost 30 pounds. I’ve kept the weight off for about 13 years now. Some of you who’ve known me only as the “After” picture may be surprised by this. I would post a “Before” picture, but let’s go Continue Reading
I’m on the road this weekend at Harvard Undergraduate Women in Business’s annual Intercollegiate Business Convention for which I am a panelist speaking on … something completely unrelated to personal finance (alas). The event, now in its 13th year, draws Continue Reading
So you didn’t win the lottery. Not surprisingly, neither did I. Which is why I’m pecking away at my computer and teaching my readers—hi, Mom!—about Net Worth. Net Worth is legit the best … assuming it’s a positive number. Net Continue Reading
Quick quiz, kids! When am I most likely to think, I am an effin’ genius? A) When I realize I can no longer afford to live in the neighborhood where the Brooklyn brownstone I bought in 2002 is located B) Continue Reading
Tuesday’s Mega Millions jackpot stands at a record $1.6 billion dollars. Billion. Despite agreeing with Ambrose Bierce’s contention that lotteries are “a tax on people who are bad at math,” even I’m tempted to buy a ticket or two when Continue Reading
I’ve had a blog for approximately one week now—not counting the decades in which I was perfecting my “scary-yet-strangely-approachable” tone—and already, so many misconceptions. Scene: Sidewalk in front of elementary school during morning drop-off Me: “It’s starting to smell like Continue Reading
