Need to make more money? You can always get naked!

Our fearless editor over at Pussycatmagazine.com wrote this article about getting naked for money on the Internet. Check it out!

"Need Money? Get Naked!"

The Debt Monster rears its ugly head...

I used to be OK with debt. But then it took me forever to pay off. This article is a must read for anyone who either has debt or is thinking of getting some.

"Debt Trap"

Credit agencies out to screw us again...

As if it wasn't hard enough to have a good credit score and qualify for loans with decent interest rates these days, the credit rating agencies are out to screw us again.

Looks like your credit score will now in part be determined by what you spend your money on! I.e. if you use your credit card to pay for a marriage counselor, your score could go down. Talk about big brother. This should be illegal. Who are they to judge?

"Credit agencies are watching you"

Love the library, love the BBC

I rented more awesome free videos from the library. Apparently, there is an entire BBC section I hadn't noticed before. They have the entire set of vintage Avengers shows, and last night's treat: All the French and Saunders (the ladies that gave us Absolutely Fabulous.) Love it. I watched one last night.

Let me say again how much I heart the library's video room.

Next, I will look for Are you Being Served and Keeping up Appearances. I always liked those shows.

Where to go when you're desperate and broke

I've had some economic rough times. When I first moved to New Orleans, I was so broke I had to borrow $50 from my mom so I could pay for the uniform I needed for my first waitress job. Boy, did that hurt! I was 20. I should have been able to do it alone, I thought. It wasn't the last slim time I had. But I always managed. The one rule of money and life, and love and everything else is that sometimes things don't go according to plan.

Here is an interesting article about what to do when things go REALLY poorly.

"where to get help when you're desperate"

Trick yourself into saving money

I ran across this interesting post from Lifehacker. It has some good tips for saving money. It's great if you are saving up for a hopelessly big goal, such as a house!

"10 ways to trick yourself into saving money"

Medeival peasants had more vacation than you

This article hit really close to home. My first "real" jobs after college offered a paltry 5 days of vacation a year. I had to suffer through that for 4 years. And to make it worse, I had a micromanaging boss who tallied all my days and made me feel guilty for taking them. She never took a single vacation day when I worked there. When I asked her about it, she said "what would I do? I'd get bored and probably just do work anyway."

Don't be like that! Do you want to toil like a peasant or have meaningful adventures and life experiences?


"Peasants get more vacation than you"

Boo... Interest rates are falling.

I don't have much in my online savings account at Emigrant Direct, but I sure did like earning 5 percent interest on it! Unfortunately, the mess in the mortgage market and falling stock prices have spurred the Fed to cut interest rates. That's bad news for anyone with a savings account.

I watched my Emigrant Direct interest rate go from 5 percent down to 3.5 percent in a month! Boo.

Unfortunately, there isn't much any of us can do about it, except cross our fingers and hope the Fed doesn't cut rates anymore. It's awfully hard to get motivated to save when your money isn't making any money for you!

Some handy reading

I ran across a blog called the Simple Dollar today. I thought his 31 days to fix your finances plan was worth reading. Also, check out the author's compelling story of growing up poor and all the financial mistakes that led him to start his blog.

"31 Days to fix your finances"