Month: February 2008

How I organized my Pantry to Save Money on Groceries

I decided to reorganize my pantry area in order to help me save more money in the future. My pantry is normally kept very clean and neat and I happen to think it is well organized. In fact I am a little anal about keeping all like items together and they must all face the same direction. One day Honey wanted to make me mad and...

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Countdown to Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is coming up in three days!! Are you ready? Do you have your roses? Do you have your wine? Do you have a special evening planned? Happy Valentine’s Day….but try to save money!

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How I Lost $25 by Being Too Early

I am so mad at myself for just taking $25 and basically throwing it in the trash. I recently got LASIK and as part of the treatment I have to use all these different eye drops. I had one prescription that was running low and since I am one of those people who buys stuff in bulk I thought I would go and get the new bottle...

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Tracking my Finances in February: Day 7

Welcome to my daily tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $94.75 Expenses for the month to date: $867.73 Net effect: -$772.98 So far the finances have been flowing well. I have been making payments to credit cards according to my snowball method so the balances are slowly slipping down. I...

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Book Meme from Making Money Journal

Tag, I’m it. I got tagged in a book meme from Making Money Journal that goes like this: Here are the rules: Pick up the nearest book of at least a 123 pages. Open the book to page 123. Find the 5th sentence. Post the next 3 sentences. Tag 5 more people. My closest book is Like a Thousand Diamonds by Roger Farr and...

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