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Thursday Rant: Paying $450 to look like a Fool!

April 18, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 55 Comments

A couple months ago, I brought you the story of the $260 purse that looks like a paper lunch bag. I'm always on the lookout for ridiculous examples of consumerism gone nuts, but I really didn't think that I'd be able to top the lunch bag purse. Sadly, I was mistaken. Less than 2 months later, I stumbled across an item that puts the lunch bag purse in the discount bin. Ladies … [Read more...] about Thursday Rant: Paying $450 to look like a Fool!

Thursday Rant: The $260 Lunch Bag; Has Society gone Mad?!?

February 28, 2013 by Mr. 1500 Days 20 Comments

I took a miserable flight on Southwest recently. I fly all the time on SWA and have never forgotten to check in to the flight exactly 24 hours ahead of time. This time, I forgot. My cell phone was in a dead spot and I didn't get the alert. As a result, I got stuck in the dreaded middle seat between two very large and obnoxious people (do you really have to get drunk and pick … [Read more...] about Thursday Rant: The $260 Lunch Bag; Has Society gone Mad?!?

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My goal was to build a portfolio of $1,000,000 by February of 2017; 1500 days from the birth of this blog (January 1, 2013). And hey look, I’ve since retired!

Investments only (primary home excluded)
1/1/13 (The Start): $586,043
1/1/14 (1 Yr Later): $869,635
1/1/15 (2 Yrs Later): $987,351
1/1/16 (3 Yrs Later): $1,057,961
2017 (4 Yrs Later): $RETIRED$

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