http://www.creditcardbrains.com Credit Card Reviews, Credit Card Advice, Credit Card Offers, Credit Card Guides Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:13:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Riding home from work on the train, simultaneously wolfing down a burrito fresco from Taco Bell, finishing up my work and blogging, and suddenly half the burrito is in my dry-clean-only, multitasking lap. Great. I am currently in the midst of a vacation hangover of the "Did I pay my ... http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/the-bills-keep-rollin-in/ We've geared up at REI, booked budget b&b's all on the pacific coast, arranged for a housesitter (B's mom) and spent the last week working insane hours and making preparations at home, and right now we're driving out of Seattle, rocking out to Pearl Jam, making our way to the ... http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/on-vacation/ A credit score has many components. Each component weighs differently on your credit score. For example, having a late payment recorded on your credit report will cause more damage to your credit score than will having too many inquiries on your credit report. However, it is important to know that ... http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/can-applying-for-loans-bring-down-your-credit-score/ During this hottest week of summer, an anonymous reader asks a steamy question about relationships:"How do you and your boyfriend handle finances? I am in a relationship and I am pretty frugal and I enjoy working on finances. This can be pretty tricky in a relationship and I was interested ... http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/relationships-and-finance-what-a-hot-combo/ I promise I'm still alive, just totally swamped with work and vacation planning. This isn't permanent; I'm hoping to put up some new posts soon. In the meantime, enjoy one of my favorite finance-related video clips ever. Oh how I love both Kristin Wiig and Suze Orman. ... http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/i-promise-im-still-alive/ Alpha Consumer's asking you to share your best budget date night, and she's giving the winner a free book. I know you guys have some great ones, so post them there and then post them back here! When I think of one, I'll submit and share it with you. ... http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/best-budget-date-night/ So many things on my mind, so little time to write. Which is the topic you'd most like me to write about next? 1) The fact that I'm noticing more and more of my friends are out of work. Young, smart, talented and totally capable people are being laid off ... http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/choose-your-own-adventure/ Hey guys, the Carnival is updated to include a few articles that were inadvertedly left out. Please go back and check out the Reviews and Retirement section and make sure to visit our friends! a2a_linkname="Quick Carnival Note";a2a_linkurl="http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/quick-carnival-note/"; http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/quick-carnival-note/ Lately, I've been feeling stuck in a bad relationship. You know the kind: the more effort you put in and the harder you try to make things work, the worse it gets. The kind where you get nothing in return for your loyalty and sacrafice. The kind where promises always ... http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/my-bad-relationship-with-american/ Happy Monday and welcome to the 161st Carnival of Personal Finance! This week’s theme is renewal, because I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. It’s been a central focus of my site, “The Budgeting Babe” since I started blogging in 2004 with a little savings, a lot of debt ... http://www.creditcardbrains.com/credit-card-offers/carnival-of-personal-finance-161-the-feeling-renewed-edition/