girlndebt on April 26th, 2010

After weeks of waiting for our apartment renewal notice, it came. They upped our rent just as we feared they would. Again. Luckily it was only $30 per month this time vs $55. But even $30 a month is just ridiculous. Like before, they did it at a time where half of our building sits [...]

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girlndebt on April 19th, 2010

You know, even after our bankruptcy, I still receive a lot of email and correspondence about debt relief, debt settlement, and even get periodic newsletters and “tweets” from some of the credit bureaus. Usually, I will skim through it just out of curiosity. Other times I just discard it. Well, after reading for the “umpteenth” [...]

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girlndebt on April 17th, 2010

Our taxes are done and we owed. Luckily, I got it down to a little over $100 vs. owing a couple thousand. I was nervous. Boy was I nervous. Yup, it seems that the more you make, the more they take. I have come to the conclusion that working more doesn’t benefit us…not at all. [...]

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girlndebt on April 7th, 2010

Yes, I am still here. I just can’t stand when I don’t post for a while and by the time I do, I have a million updates. First update: Taxes. You know. Since my husband became self-employed, doing our taxes is something I absolutely dread. Most people like tax time. Mainly because they are expecting [...]

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