The Fiscal Firecrackers

"Budget" is NOT a dirty word - we promise! If done correctly, creating a budget can be the foundation to your financial house. We will help you embrace the concept of building your budget to find financial comfort and freedom. Galia shares tips such as giving yourself a waiting period on a purchase, the 50/30/20 budget (tracking apps for variable expenses) and more. Susan reveals her mall shopping Firecracker moves while eating her "mall salad" plus the results of her green and heated customer service conversation. Find out once and for all if Susan's credit card is wet or not. And who is “Big Bad Betty?”

We did it before. We're at it again. Venting about money pet peeves is cathartic to blow off some steam regarding our bucks, your bucks and even a complete stranger's bucks. We're shoving our nose in all of it - Venmo etiquette, waiters who assume where to drop the bill, sommeliers who pick the table sniffer, meeting "The Bickersons," Warren Buffett's portfolio, Crypto and more.

Dreaming of what your life will look like when you no longer have to work? If you follow our tips now, you’ll avoid living a boring or compromised retirement.

The sunset years may look differently for each of us, but we will all want to have the ability to design them to our specs. By employing our guidance, you can prepare yourself to be comfortably free of financial concerns whenever that day arrives.

We’ll discuss this subject from all angles and ages: how much of a nest egg you’ll need to retire, how best to get organized well in advance of your career’s end and practical ways to maximize what you do have, (even if you don’t have enough saved today).

Susan shares her grandfather’s eel stories and wonders if living in a palace could be in the cards for her retirement.