Update: Decided not to register for this event, after reading the biographies of the facilitator and the financial advisor. I told my friend I'd welcome a different event for us to hang out and learn, and that I'd keep an eye out for such things as well.

Cons:
1. I could use that time meal planning, returning library books, cleaning the house, gardening, riding my scooter to get the battery to bounce back, teaching my child to ride his bicycle.

2. I have already attended a touchy-feely seminar about money. I still get whacked out about poverty. Maybe this will work, maybe it won't.

3. Car insurance, utilities, day camp, and bathroom stuff are collectively going to stomp my savings into a flat greasy spot this month.

Pros:
1. I can save my friend $25 off her registration if we register together.

2. It's downtown, and I can shop for groceries at the market and get decent books from the library.

3. I love my friends and don't see enough of them. This friend helped me get $167 post-tax as she listed me as a referral for her current job.

This is not an MLM seminar. This seminar has the following description: 'Using a whole systems approach, this one-day introductory seminar will help me to:

•Be more confident in negotiating for what I really want (this I need)

•Explore cultural, gender, and class conditioning (bo-ring! already took 1st yr women's studies, thankyouveddymuch)

•Identify and get beyond my own “glass ceiling”' (this I need, my spouse is happy in his salary gutter and I am too stressed and unhappy where I am)
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Home Energy Front: According to EnergyStar.gov's Home Energy Yardstick, my house energy score is 9.1 out of 10. "Your score is excellent and your energy use is well below average. 91% of U.S. homes use more energy than you." I guess because I average $85/month in heating costs (we don't have air conditioning) and neither our exterior walls nor our basement walls are insulated I figured we sucked mightily.
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