Month: August 2008

Tracking My Finances in August: Day 12

Welcome to How I Save Money and tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $42.00 Expenses for the month to date: $1810.90 Net effect: -$1768.90 This month I ended up going over my dining out budget because I took Baz out to dinner for his birthday. It was money well spent since we went to Red...

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My Lunch

Welcome to How I Save Money. This post  is not personal finance related. I just wanted to share my lunch with you guys and gals because it is SO yummy. Today I made: curried shrimp with green peppers rice with broccoli (delicious!!) and added in some baked beans (because it would take too long to cook regular beans and the...

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How I Saved Money on Hospital Parking

Welcome to How I Save Money. I took mother to the doctor and the building she was supposed to go into was closer to the valet parking than the self parking so I went there so she would have less walking to do.  Now when I saw my doctor for my fibroids I was given a voucher for the parking so I thought I would just ask the...

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How I Save Money Visits: August 9

Welcome to How I Save Money visits ! Today we visit: Wealth, Money & Life Network “Dividend Stocks in the News” at Dividends 4 Life . “A Cheaper Way to Diet Part Deux” at Dollar Frugal . You guys and gals know I am concerned about my weight so this was in interesting read for me. “Getting Back...

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The Government Does NOT Want My Money

Welcome to How I Save Money. In an effort to find ways to save money and to make more money I decided to try to open another online account. I heard of Treasury Bonds and I figured I would buy a 4 week government bond to see what the interest would be like. It would only tie up $100 for 4 weeks and I would have the money by...

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