The Day I Met Kat Murello – Naked Cats and Foot Tattoos

October 24, 2011

Once upon a time, around six years ago (neither of us knows  for sure), I became friends with Kat. We met through our blogs. Over the years, sometime after I joined Facebook, we became closer friends. Kat has always been someone that I can turn to when times are tough and I need a shoulder [...]

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Danielle Deficit: October 2011 (Two Months Away from Paying off My Credit Cards)

October 22, 2011

Here are the numbers for September 2011: Citibank: $0 Chase/Borders: $0 Chase/Wamu: $4,078.59 Discover: $0 Credit card total: $4,078.59 Bank of Grandfather: $19,500 Private Student Loan: $8,621.20 Government Student Loans: $90,670.53 Total Student Loans: $99,291.73 Total Unsecured Debt: $122,870.32 Here is October 2011: Citibank: $0 Chase/Borders: $0 Chase/Wamu: $3,124.41 Discover: $0 Credit card total: $3,124.41 [...]

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Addiction

October 3, 2011

Alcohol. Drugs. Gambling. Food. Spending. For some, these are addictions. For others, they don’t understand why a person can’t just stop. I don’t know what causes addiction. From what I’ve seen, I think some of it is wired in a person’s DNA. I think it is also a coping mechanism. A coping mechanism that takes [...]

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Today, I Discovered Polyvore

October 1, 2011

I play on Pinterest a lot.  Most of the pins on my Style Board are the creations of other people that were posted to Polyvore. Tonight, I thought I would try to make my own set. Here it is:   A Day at the Office by kittenagogo featuring draped tops Will this be more of [...]

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Danielle Deficit Update: September 2011

September 29, 2011

Nothing like waiting until the last minute. Since I am leaving for Chicago for the Financial Bloggers Conference, I figured I should probably get my latest Update posted. Very overdue. If you just met me at the conference, this is where I track my debt repayment progress. Once upon a time, my unsecured debt was [...]

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My Hairless Cat Loves Oikos Greek Yogurt

September 21, 2011

Recently, I tweeted that my cat loves plain Greek yogurt. Specifically, Oikos. Honestly, he doesn’t have a choice on brand. That’s what he gets. But he is very passionate about it. Elmo is allergic to a lot of stuff. He can’t eat much except for his $50/6 lbs. allergy food. But his love of yogurt [...]

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The tweets on the Klout Topic page may not reflect your brand…

September 18, 2011

We talked before about how Klout launched topic pages. When you go to a topic page, there is a random tweet about the topic that you are visiting. Tonight, I wanted to see if a friend was ranked on Disney before I +K’d her. Here’s what I saw. First, I love Demi Lovato. Second, I [...]

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Autocorrect, You Got Me into Trouble with My Husband

September 18, 2011

In 2006 or so, I made a wonderful friend through my blog. Kat Murello. She is one of the most beautiful souls in the world. I consider her one of my very closest friends. She is coming to Las Vegas next week and we get to meet for the first time. Kat and I are [...]

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Bloggers: How do you define your personal brand?

September 15, 2011

This weekend, I’m off to another conference. Tonight, as I was packing, I thought about my last experience at Bloggy Bootcamp in San Diego and the amazing presentation that Amy Bradley-Hole did on branding. I’ve created distinct brands for myself in different aspects of my blogging life. As a speaker, I am a legal expert. [...]

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Klout Topic Pages – From Branding to Unicorns

September 15, 2011

In July, I wrote about using +K on Klout. Many people have operated under the false assumption that it helps your Klout score. It doesn’t. However, Klout later stated that they were releasing Topic pages. I knew that +K was going to come into play on the Topic pages. Today, Topic Pages went live. (Some [...]

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