Update on our Spending Looking at our Budget

December 1, 2011

    I am focusing on reducing our food budget for the time being.  In the month of December our budget for our family of 4 was approximately 750.00.  This include a new family member foster child who is currently living with us. My goal for the month of December will be 700.00 including my [...]

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A New Look at Our Spending

November 14, 2011

We have been free of credit card debt since Jan 2010. I think that is correct my memory is not clear. You would think that this date would be one I would never forget. bleh I took a new look at our spending plan and it is needing to be tweaked mainly in the food [...]

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On The Money

February 28, 2011

Hooray! my little money pot has $60.00 in it, I am very happy that it is adding up.  Little by little goes a long way, I need to make a container to put it in till it goes to the bank. Any ideas on what I can do?  I have to brain storm and see [...]

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On The Money Monday

February 21, 2011

Last week I added $20.00 to my savings pot, now this week I add another $20.00.   And so my little savings pot grows, but I am feeling a bit blue lately, this gray weather is driving me nuts.  I have a tiny bit of money saved and feel like poop.  (go figure) Partly too because [...]

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On The Money Monday

February 14, 2011

I have thought about what to do to get our emergency fund back on track and have come up with a plan for our home.  Every Monday I am going to set aside 20.00 for savings.  This could add up to 40.00 a month or 60.00 depending on how many Monday’s a month has. I [...]

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On The Money Money – Financial Update Feb

February 7, 2011

I really need to do these update more often for our sake.  Keeps me accountable to actually see it in writing, and also motivates me like nothing else can. I have been using Mvelopes now for several months and I have not regretted for one minute signing up for it.  Though I really need to [...]

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On The Money Monday – What’s Going On With My Money Dear

January 31, 2011

I think he meant to say our money, he just had a slip of the brain thing going on.  That is what my husband asked me the other day.  I replied it is doing well, our money, which makes me happy in an odd kind of way.  I know he didn’t want all the detail [...]

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I Knew It Would Come To This

July 7, 2010

at some point soon.  My poor little pc struggles every morning to work hard for me.  I hear it’s little inner working going as fast as they can. I can see it coming very soon when a chunk of our budget will have to go toward new computers.  I say computers plural because if I [...]

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Getting Contact Lenses Is Pricey

July 5, 2010

Image via Wikipedia but oh so worth it.  I have not had contacts in several year.   Mainly because I have not been able to find a descent eye doctor since moving to Oklahoma 3 years ago. Now I finally found a doctor I like and place my order of contact lenses.  A 6 month supply [...]

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Oh No It’s Getting Hot In Here

July 2, 2010

Image via Wikipedia These were my words yesterday afternoon upon realizing that our A/C was not cooling. I took it with a grain of salt, and thanked God for our Emergency Stash. The heat was hard to take being so used to the nice cool home. Harder to think of was the not knowing what [...]

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