Comments on: What’s Your Dumbest Money Mistake Lately? (Tell us For a Chance at $100!)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:19:19 +0000

In reply to Rick. Hope it was mighty tasty :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:18:52 +0000

In reply to emma. Uh oh.... Did you get slapped with an extra fee from the rental car company as well?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:18:11 +0000

In reply to -"Mad" Max Speedwell. Always enjoy your little ditties here, sir ;) Though surprised to see how far away you two lovebirds live?? Just once a month? Must be a damn important reason for that one.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 21:16:09 +0000

In reply to Jennica Harris. Yikes! Glad to see the happy ending there!

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 17:56:27 +0000

Went on a conference where food is reimbursed to a certain amount-forgot to inquire on that amount…went to a bunch of fancy dinners and now I’m out a bunch of unexpected money-~$200, ouch.

By: emma

emma — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 17:20:05 +0000

On vacation, my husband and I went through the Golden Gate Bridge toll with a rental car, and forgot to pay the toll (online) in time. Ugh.

By: -"Mad" Max Speedwell

-"Mad" Max Speedwell — Mon, 19 Jun 2017 15:51:41 +0000

I only see my wife once a month. We live hundreds of miles apart.
We don’t like it, and it’s not how we envisioned our future, but for
now, it is what it is. On our monthly visits we usually go out for lunch.
I found insulated food transport bags,and portable sectioned food
containers. We copied some fancy, quick & inexpensive recipes.
Instead of a restaurant we would take our lunch to the market, park,
greenhouse, by the tree shadowed pools at the walking gardens…
nice places to enjoy a quiet, private, (free!) and elegant lunch together.
The cost per meal? About the same price as the tip at the restaurant.

Planned it all out. A savings of $308/yr.

We then went to lunch at the restaurant.

UGH! Stupid!!

-“Mad” Max Speedwell

BTW… there is an old saying (about 3,500 years old):

“Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil
the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.”

It’s not the big, growling, charging bear that comes in and
destroys your vinyard (“…aww, c’mon honey. We can use
the flight lessons and a new Cessna to go and visit your
mother more often!”) You can easily see, and hear THAT
bear coming and know what to do! It’s the small, quiet…
almost un-noticeable foxes. Stealthy and without notice little
foxes (latte’, speeding ticket, impulse item at the supermarket
check-out) that destroy wealth! They oh, so quietly slip into
our lives, hide under the branches and leaves in our financial
vinyard, and we never even notice them (“Hey, back-off! That
magazine is only four bucks!”) and they quietly burrow below
the ground, gnaw on the financial roots that support our vinyard,
and the damage is never even seen. Then, one day, our leaves
are curling. They’re turning brown, the harvest is very light, and
the grapes are small. WHAT HAPPENED?? Next year, the vines
are dead, and the vintage lost.

BE WATCHING AND SHOOT THOSE LITTLE FOXES!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 21 May 2017 20:47:10 +0000

In reply to Jim. WEird!!! I've never heard of that being able to happen either, ugh..

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 21 May 2017 20:45:45 +0000

In reply to Bret. I did, sorry! Was just late on posting it up and responding to comments. Daniel, commenter #156, ended up winning.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sun, 21 May 2017 20:43:24 +0000

In reply to Elise. Haha.... I think my wife would agree with you :) She was doing all sorts of loony things while our babies were popping out.