cindys on May 30th, 2008

My unfrugal present to myself was to have a cleaning lady come and clean my house. This is definitely a luxury item but I had gotten some money for my birthday. I look around the house now and I think it is money well spent. The whole house just glows. It did however bring to [...]

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cindys on May 29th, 2008

by pic fix No matter how fast time rushes by once you hit 40, it seems like it is going to slow down for this last week of my 40s. It’s pretty much been a celebration since last Friday when I got my new computer for my birthday. Tomorrow night I am going out for [...]

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cindys on May 28th, 2008

In reading around the net, there seems to be two opinions, either people think that the gasoline increases are not such a big deal and the rest of us are making a big to do about nothing or people like me who are seeing an ever larger percentage of our budget going to fuel costs.  [...]

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cindys on May 27th, 2008

  I thought it was time to update everyone on the garden of frugality.  In an effort to save money, eat better and become more self sufficient, I planted several rather creative gardens.  My salad garden has lettuce, carrots, spinach, radishes and onions planted in a children’s swimming pool.  In the last week, I have [...]

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cindys on May 26th, 2008

I stopped by the local market a few days ago and picked up a bottle of diet coke.  They had a huge bright yellow price tag on them that said $.99.  I actually grabbed two to take advantage of the $.19 savings.  It wasn’t until I got up to the register that I noticed that [...]

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cindys on May 23rd, 2008

I just got home from picking up my new refurbished computer.  Wooo Hooo! It is SO nice to be back online.  They shipped the computer with only half the power cord so I may not be online long tonight.  Long enough to download my email and get a few things set back up.  Apparently the junk [...]

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cindys on May 18th, 2008

I have been having problems accessing anything through the library computers. I am online now with a friends computer.  I cannot get to my email so if anyone has an email out there I hope that I will be back online by Wednesday,  Thursday at the latest.  The good news is that there is a [...]

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cindys on May 13th, 2008

As I have had lots and lots of time on my hands since my computer breakdown, I have been pondering whether buying another computer is an emergency.  I am torn because a computer is truly a need for multiple reasons, my website, my business, all my books, my taxes, etc are all done with or [...]

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cindys on May 9th, 2008

Just a quick note to say that I am having Hard drive failures again with the new drive. I expect it is more than just a hard drive issue.  Is a new computer an emergency?  I will have to think about that for awhile. I will be posting as I can beg or borrow some [...]

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cindys on May 9th, 2008

by mitch.surprenant I have money!!! I have money in savings, I have money in checking and I have money in my pocket! It’s not a lot of money but I feel like celebrating! I feel like the weight of the world has lifted off my shoulders. I have also found that I am much more [...]

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