Month: November 2008

How I Save Money At CVS: November 7

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. Today I paid $ for $ worth of items. Transaction 1 Item: Bayer glucose monitor Price: $30.00 CVS Extra Care Bucks earned: $0 Coupon used: $30.00 manufacturer Item: Ivory soap three pack...

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10 Wedding Money Mistakes (Intro)

I am not getting married BUT I have been reading a few bridal magazines lately. I found out that many people tend to go overboard and go over their budgets when a wedding comes around. I can understand that because I am seeing so many great things in the magazines that I would want to have for my OWN wedding and I don’t...

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Tracking My Finances In November: Day 5

Welcome to How I Save Money and tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $326.94 Expenses for the month to date: $917.48 Net effect: -$590.54 I paid the water bill and just spent $46.84 out of my $60 unexpected/fun money budget. I got myself three magazine subscriptions that are all one one...

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Barack Obama Is President…McCain Gives Concession Speech

With CNN showing the following results Obama 333 McCain 155 it has been decided that Obama will be president. As I type this McCain is giving a concession speech. This is truly a day to go down in the history books of the United States. The FIRST black president!!!!!!! While there are a few issues to deal with I must say this...

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Presidential Race is Crazy

So far CNN is predicting Obama to win the election. At 10:06 pm the predictions were as follows Obama 297 McCain 139 That is a big lead in the predictive votes and we just have a short time left to see who will actually win. It is going to be an interesting day at work tomorrow that’s for sure. I guess now people see how...

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