Month: September 2008

Check Out My CVS Page!

Welcome to How I Save Money. Most of my regular readers will notice a new CVS Page in the top navigation bar. I have been tracking my purchases at CVS ever since I started and I have accumulated a nice stash of ECBs that I have used to get items for free. I am not the expert on CVS and coupons BUT I have been working hard on...

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Tracking My Finances In September: Day 17

Welcome to How I Save Money and tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $94.47 Expenses for the month to date: $1762.35 Net effect: -$1667.88 I got a $5.00 gift card to WalMart AGAIN from my insurance benefits. I tell you that if you have Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance you NEED to look up...

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Tracking My Finances In September: Day 16

Welcome to How I Save Money and tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $53.07 Expenses for the month to date: $1677.97 Net effect: -$1624.90 This month the figures do not look so bad for the middle of the month. I have gotten a little bit more money from interest from my ING accounts and...

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$249.24 Bill for Anesthesia….from SEVEN Months Ago

Welcome to How I Save Money. I thought I was done with all the bills from the time I had to stay in the hospital and the time I had surgery. Well apparently the billing company was just holding its breath to see when it could kick me in the finances face one more time. I got a bill in the mail for Anesthesia for $249.24 for...

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Ahead Of Hurricane Ike

Welcome to How I Save Money. I just wanted to let my readers know that I arrived in Plano safely so we have put some distance between ourselves and Hurricane Ike for now. Mother’s flight is tomorrow morning so we are just watching to see if there will be any changes in the flight. So far the flight is still on track and...

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