tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24975131913289996512024-03-04T23:13:14.003-05:00Pittsburgh PennyThe ongoing look into the life, finances, and hilarious ponderings of a young, black,urban woman.Pittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497513191328999651.post-46342344222228642072007-01-24T16:36:00.000-05:002007-01-24T16:41:12.040-05:00Inspiration: Millionaire in the MakingI love CNNMoney's series on millionaires in the making. Today's article certainly resonates a chord with me. The author writes:"Today, she prefers to pay off debt and to save money down to the penny. When this journalist contacted Derico on her cellphone, one of the first things she said is, "Can you call back on my landline? I want to save on my minutes."Haha...that sounds so much like me. My Pittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497513191328999651.post-19923872098191122312006-12-22T09:15:00.000-05:002006-12-22T09:21:02.633-05:00Young and Thrifty"Anyone can make money, but it takes special skills and dedication to keep it."Wow, that is so true. A couple of years ago I made the decision to go straight to graduate school, while most of my girls hit the working world. I realized that grad school made me realize the value of the dollar even more than undergrad. Some of my friends make twice as much as I do, however very few are even Pittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497513191328999651.post-79494824381261812072006-12-21T08:51:00.000-05:002006-12-21T08:56:16.876-05:00Free SampleHey ya'll,Check out this new freebie on the Walmart's free sample site!Happy Holidays!PPPittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497513191328999651.post-12294600243126907592006-12-20T11:57:00.000-05:002006-12-20T12:02:17.930-05:00Holiday TravelWow...I can't believe it will be Christmas in less than a week. Just a couple more days of work and then a much needed relaxation. Or as much relaxation I will be able to get with a house full of people. Saturday I will be traveling to Memphis to visit the parents for a few days. I found this great tool to help me cut down on wait time at the airport. You what they say," Time is money!" Cuz Pittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497513191328999651.post-80705431359053949592006-11-29T11:50:00.000-05:002006-12-05T10:52:30.338-05:008 Smart Moves to Make Before 2007The new year is fastly approaching and as a newly employed career woman, I am trying to do all that I can to maximize my money. CNN Money has a great article " 8 Smart Moves to Make by year end" to help individuals like me. Below are what they list as well as my comments.1. Take your losses ( investments): I have very few investments personally. I have a couple strong savings accounts ( PNC and Pittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497513191328999651.post-78130527419626034352006-11-27T11:42:00.000-05:002006-12-05T09:56:53.872-05:00Some things in life are still free...This morning I saw an interesting article on NYT about free features for your cell phone: Free Services to Inspire Your Cellphone ( see link below) . Um...I think I am going to have to give a couple of these a try. I recently moved and was trying to order pizza and found myself spending an extra $5 trying to get the local number for Pizza Hut. Pittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497513191328999651.post-18176159617297661862006-11-21T16:08:00.001-05:002006-12-05T10:53:29.037-05:00Happy ThanksgivingSo like everyone else on the world wide web, it is off for the holidays. I will be traveling to visit relatives this year, so it means no cooking and cleaning for me. For everyone who is interested in Black Friday sales, check out http://www.blackfriday.info/. As for me, I have done most of my shopping and trying to stay on budget. So my butt will be sleeping in to and not out in the stores. Pittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497513191328999651.post-47642881981834306952006-11-20T14:39:00.000-05:002006-11-20T14:52:29.051-05:00Little bit more about Penny..."So why the alias Pittsburgh Penny? "you may ask. Well, I figured if I am about to do this whole blogging thing, I wanted to be as completely honest as possible. Hence, I needed to come up with an alias. So I figured, I would like my pen name to be catchy as well as have some type of meaning. Throughout college, my friends always commented that my bank account always looked better than theirs. WePittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2497513191328999651.post-16438293937508359032006-11-17T14:07:00.000-05:002006-11-17T14:46:13.094-05:00So let's give this bloggin thing a shot...So I was introduced to the idea about blogging a couple of weeks ago through reading an article on the New York Times entitled What Do Women Want? Just Ask (Oct 29th). Since then I have been introduced to the wonderful world of personal finance blogging. I have to give a shout out to the women who gave me the inspiration to start this blog: open wallet, boston gal's open wallet, and my favorite Pittsburgh Pennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06004942629395264180noreply@blogger.com0