girlndebt on September 27th, 2009

I seen this story on GMA the other day and thought it was wonderful news! I did not want to post the video here until I read more about it though. Yup, it is official and many banks are changing the way they charge over-the-limit fees now. This is great news and has been a [...]

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girlndebt on September 24th, 2009

So my week in review-did I accomplish everything I set out to do? Yes, and no. Monday went well and I wrote…a lot. My little one came home sick from school later that afternoon-and by nightfall-I was sick! She got well the next day-me, I have been sick ALL WEEK. I thought it was just [...]

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girlndebt on September 16th, 2009

Well y’all, I sit speechless as I write this. It is almost midnight here, yet my mind is racing. My emotions are…well, I don’t know yet. I could write a book on here but my husband keeps telling me to get to bed so I don’t sleep late tomorrow-on my first day off…yeah my first [...]

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girlndebt on September 12th, 2009

After going over my account and trying to figure out where the money went, I realized a few things I had not factored into my budget. School clothes, uniforms and school supplies. Fast food-yeah not good! Morning coffee-kicked the energy drink habit but found myself in the Dunkin Donuts drive-thru every day. Car expenses-we needed [...]

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girlndebt on September 5th, 2009

I obviously know what can happen when you don’t stick to a  budget. But for some reason, I just can’t stick to one. No, I don’t buy extravagant things, in fact-I have become somewhat of a “cheapo” since by whole debt fiasco. So where am I going wrong? So I am sitting here on my [...]

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