Posted by: knockoutniki on: December 19, 2008
Through the blogosphere, I have learned so much about personal finance, the importance of managing your money, and the simplest ways to get out of debt. But learning and acting on what you have learned are two completely different things.
Money is scary, lets face it. Money makes people uncomfortable – whether you’re a baller or [...]
Posted by: knockoutniki on: November 5, 2008
Well, sorta. I was originally keeping this blog over at Blogger. I hated it. Being a WordPresser, I guess I have been spoiled with ease and simplicity. I found it harder to post, or do things in my post, I found the layout a little funny, and I was hard access stuff on my dashboard. And [...]
Posted by: knockoutniki on: October 17, 2008
Day Two, Week One
Yesterday was a pretty mild day of the spending front. I didn’t really spend any money on things that I didn’t already budget for with my known expenses and envelopes. But here is what I spent yesterday: Side Note: I did forget to include a utilities expense on this post – so [...]
Posted by: knockoutniki on: October 15, 2008
Day One, Week 1:Today is payday. Woot! A cool $975.00. Since I stupidly forgot my lunch today, I went over to Subway and bought a meal = $9.41. Ugh. I won’t even start how frustrated I am with that – anyways! With this paycheck, I need to allocate funds for the following expenses:
1/2 of rent: [...]
Posted by: knockoutniki on: October 15, 2008
I am not a morning person – let me get that out of the way first. I have always had to get up early because I have always worked; however, I hit the snooze on my alarm probably 6 times every morning. I just can’t get out of my warm bed at 6:30am – it [...]
Posted by: knockoutniki on: October 13, 2008
Budgeting is the hardest things I have ever done. Last week was the first time I have ever done a hardcore budget and it is proving more difficult to stick to then I thought. However, in my never ending research, I have found that there are several different avenues [depending on your will power] [...]
Posted by: knockoutniki on: October 13, 2008
Facing the facts is hard to do when your head has been in the sand for so long. When I was 18, I opened my first credit card for a Europe trip I was going on. While I had a steady part time job (I was a full time student at the time), I was [...]
Posted by: knockoutniki on: October 13, 2008
My name is Nicole – aka: Knockout Niki. I am an office manager/accounting student by day and a crafter/photographer/fashion freak by night. My blog for the latter is here. This blog, however, is kinda, sorta for the former. I have recently decided that I need to stop living from pay check to pay check – [...]
