Article: A turn of fortune

PAM LOBLEY
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
11-12-2007

A turn of fortune
PAM LOBLEY
Date: 11-12-2007, Monday
Section: OPINION
Edtion: All Editions

A FEW MONTHS ago, after a delicious Chinese take-out dinner with my husband, I opened my fortune cookie and read, "Draw up budget and stick to it."

I laughed out loud, because only three days before we had had a queasy meeting with our financial planner and resolved to do better. In fact, we had specifically resolved to draw up a budget and stick to it.

I laughed, and so did my husband, but we weren't that surprised, because fortune cookies always seem right, don't they? How can these cookies be so knowledgeable?

Admit it, we all believe the fortunes. ...

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