Diva Debt

A very intereting analysis of Suze Orman’s advice over the years from the lesbian angle at Queer Cents:

In lesbian culture, there’s no currency in being sexually virtuous. No one cares if you have slept with “X” number of women before you sleep with them— not because they’re so open-minded, but because there’s no economic basis. There’s no “finding out whose baby this is.”

Lesbian sexuality is not designed to answer any notion of virtue; it doesn’t answer a patriarch’s need. This is why Suze Orman is incredulous that straight women keep getting taken to the cleaners financially— she is oblivious to the “call of virtue,” not matter how many New Age platitudes she espouses.

Simple Dollar says it best:

Maybe, this coming year, we can put off upgrading that car and instead hold onto it for a little while longer. Maybe we can cut back on our cable bills a little, or maybe even a lot. Maybe we can go through that closet in the basement and sell some of that stuff that, quite honestly, we’ll never use again. Maybe, when we’re standing in the checkout lane about to buy something we really don’t need, we can take another look at it and put it back on the shelf.

If ever there were a time of year that would temp you to blow your budget and give up on all that hard earned discipline you’ve been working on all year, this is it.

NCN says it best:

If you want to save money, stay away from the mall. Just. Stay. Away.

Remodeling this Life has a great post outlining how being frugal makes one a better person by teaching restraint, patience, appreciation, simplicity and creativity.

Great stuff!

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