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PNC Virtual Wallet: Love of My Life

Posted on February 23, 2011 // 16 Comments
THIS is the tool that turned my financial life right side up! A banking app built for millennials that actually works well on your phone. This gives me instant access to my accounts to let me know how much money I have left, where it's going and if my pay is deposited yet. I highly, highly recommend that you check it out. It's what helped me get out of debt and I can't live without it.

PNC's Virtual Wallet is one of the biggest contributors to my financial turnaround. I don't work for PNC, and they don't pay me to tell people about Virtual Wallet (though they should!), but I talk about it all the time. Gushing to follow. When I … Continue reading...

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My Financial Beginnings, Part Two

Posted on February 20, 2011 // 7 Comments

If you missed Part One, you might want to start there to get the full picture of where I'm coming from. After a short detour, I'm back to finish the story of how I got into so much debt. When I left off, I was newly married with a toddler and … Continue reading...

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How Things Changed

Posted on February 19, 2011 // 3 Comments

I've shared some of my financial background, so I thought this would be a good time to talk about how and why I decided to go from rabid spending to writing a blog about getting out of debt. My divorce should have been the catalyst for a change in my … Continue reading...

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My Financial Beginnings

Posted on February 16, 2011 // 4 Comments

My parents definitely weren't big spenders. My dad worked a blue collar job and my mom stayed home with us. They were expert savers, though I didn't realize it when I was young. My sister and I had the same clothes and toys as our friends, and we … Continue reading...

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