Do you ever do something really stupid?  Something you wonder why and how you do it?  I realized yesterday I really need to start buying insurance on my cell phone.  I dropped it again and it stopped working.  I need to take it into the cell phone store and get it replaced. Fortunately it’s still [...]

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Yesterday I wrote about my first financial mistake, not contributing to retirement.  Today I’m going to talk about probably my second financial mistake.  Having an expensive wedding.  We  spent around $17k on a wedding/honeymoon.  I don’t know if I’ve ever done a breakdown for readers, but here it is finally.

Reception $5335 – included food, minister, [...]

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My first financial mistake happened in my early 20s.  Although last week I admitted that buying my house was a financial mistake, but not a personal mistake. So what did I really make a mistake on?
I was young, dumb, and just starting out.  Truth is, my mom didn’t give me much financial guidance except “spend [...]

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