Month: October 2008

ING drops to 2.71%

With all of the talk about the economic crisis and the bailout, we as consumers have been worried about our interest rates. My main bank is ING since it holds my Never Go Back To Fresno Fund and the majority of my money. ING has always had some nice rates which is why I stuck with them. I have been hearing about ING dropping...

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Tracking My Finances In October: Day 10

Welcome to How I Save Money and tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $76.46 Expenses for the month to date: $1764.26 Net effect: -$1687.80 So far I have gotten some money for doing surveys and other items at various sites. I also got some interest from my ING holdings and a few dollars...

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My Net Worth Updates

I have recently updated my Debt Payoff Chart in the right sidebar, along with my NetWorth Chart. The Debt Payoff Chart is hosted at the No Credit Needed Network and you can see that I now have about 40% of my debt paid off. I am slightly behind schedule since I wanted to have a lot more paid off by this date…but there...

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Customer Service Issues At CVS

Today’s CVS post is not about saving money…but about saving my sanity. I had a little bit of a customer service issue with CVS the last time I visited on September 28. The day started off fine with me standing in line with my items in one hand and a bunch of coupons in the other hand. I got to the front and there...

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How I Save Money At CVS: October 5

Welcome to How I Save Money. I am on a quest to see how much stuff I can get from CVS without spending any extra money out of my pocket. I was trying to get the free items for October but my CVS does not carry them. I am exhausted so no pictures today. Transaction 1 Item:BIC Soleil Razor Price: $5.99 CVS Extra Care Bucks...

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