Have you seen those television ads for two pairs of glasses for $69 from America’s Best Contacts and Eye Glasses? They are on tv every other hour here. I finally gave into temptation and a very dire need to get new glasses and made an appointment. I went to their website and read all of [...]
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I have to admit that I hate to shop. I hate the holiday crowds, fighting for a parking space, standing in long check out lines. All of this is why I love shopping on online. I have found that I can save hundreds of dollars a year even with my limited holiday budget just by [...]
When I was growing up, we supplemented our heat with a wood stove. It was smelly, smoky and a very dry heat. I have fond memories of cozening up to the woodstove after coming in from the cold. I have not so fond memories of filling the house with smoke trying to get it started [...]
We started off the weekend on Friday with a buying trip to North Carolina. We had caught the bills up and carefully budgeted the trip so that we could go and still have money to buy horses. I had packed our lunch and dinner. I was up at 4 am and we hit the road [...]
I have 4 children, the oldest is 32 and the youngest is 16. I sincerely wish that I was not financially adrift when the oldest ones were growing up, however, I had little or no financial sense. There were times when I had plenty of money and there were times when I had little or [...]
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Yesterday a reader commented on my post 10 Steps to Budgeting with Irregular Income and it reminded me of the most important step to begin a budget or spending plan. Denise from Plain Ol’ Food says We use the envelope system for both personal and business expenses and as cash comes in some is put [...]
Gas prices have driven my fuel expenses up until they are the highest expense that I have. The recent drop in price has helped quite a bit but it is still my highest expense. I stumbled onto a way to cut my fuel bill in half yesterday and I jumped at it. I have been [...]
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 [...]
I thought I had better update my no spending challenge. I did pretty well until yesterday when I met my teenage children after CPR class. We haven’t been able to get together but once since Easter as they live 3 hours away. As I was going to be halfway anyway, we decided to get together [...]
In my post yesterday on having extra money, I mentioned purchasing an oriental carpet on clearance. I stated that I would have to adjust my budget to pay for it. I want to clarify that I paid for it in cash but that the money that I used was designated for something else in my [...]
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