A long time ago I started a personal finance blog right because I wanted to hold myself accountable and was deep in debt. I figured if I wrote it down and made it public then I would do better with my finances. This is Part 1 of my story, originally posted to the world 10 years ago.

It all started in high school. My grandmother would always receive Fingerhut catalouges in the mail and I was amazed by the GREAT deals (eye roll here) that they would advertise. I’m not sure if they are still around, but Fingerhut had low quality products at high prices, seeming like a good buy because they always listed the prices as “$5 a month” or something like that. One day, one of those catalogues arrived at the house with MY name on it. In it I saw a pair of Asics tennis shoesRead More »