Jane is the winner of “The 10 Commandments of Money: Survive and Thrive in the New Economy” by MSN Money columnist Liz Pulliam Weston. Thanks to all who entered.
Come back on Friday to find out about the next giveaway, which is…not a PF book. That’s all you need to know right now.
I’m getting an income tax refund this year. Well, let me rephrase that. I would be getting a refund, except that I’m applying it toward the quarterly taxes I pay as a freelancer. Whee!
What are you going to do with your refund, if any? My MSN Money colleague Liz Pulliam Weston suggests spending 10% of any windfall on something non-essential. So go ahead: Treat yourself.
But don’t let the rest of the money trickle away. Invest it in something, or several somethings, that will benefit you for the rest of the year – or even for the rest of your life.
I’m giving away a copy of “The 10 Commandments of Money,” by MSN Money columnist Liz Pulliam Weston. If you win, you’ll have something for your neighbors to covet.
They’d have good reason to do so, according to reviewers:
If you take Real Simple’s “When-to-wash-it handbook” as gospel, then I’m a total pig. Apparently I should wash my jeans after four to five wearings, launder my PJs every three or four days, and spend $10 on four ounces of a special swimsuit shampoo.
I don’t do any of those things. Oink, I guess.
Good thing I don’t wear silk PJs – Real Simple says they’re supposed to be washed daily.
In fact, I don’t wear a nightgown at all except in the winter. Sorry if that’s TMI for you. But I have an even dirtier image to share: Sometimes I wear a shirt twice before washing it.
A lot of people have strong feelings about the TLC reality series “Extreme Couponing.” My own impression of the show is secondhand, since I don’t own a television.
Technically I could see the next two episodes because the TLC publicist kindly gave me online access. Ultimately I decided not to watch. Based on what I’ve read and also on what my daughter told me and wrote about the show, I would just wind up depressed.