Our savings were looking mighty well around December, and well, things happened. We had a death in the family, we got sick and missed some work, and last week we had major car troubles. None of these things that happened are ever planned, so it helped when we had money saved up for them. The [...]
These past few weeks have been a whirlwind. While my husband, my girls and I are OK, we have had a few extended family members that have not been doing so well. Illnesses seemed to have struck a few family members during this holiday season. While most of them are doing better so far, the [...]
It is hard to believe that the holidays are almost here. This year has flown by! I went to Target the day after Halloween and my gosh-the Christmas decorations were everywhere. Where did Thanksgiving go?
As the holidays approach, I am making sure we continue to stick to our budget and hold off on our [...]
A down economy? If you were in Disney World this weekend, you would never know it. The place was packed and people were spending like there was no tomorrow! Yeah, great for the economy, or Disney for that matter–but I hope people were not whipping out the credit cards and getting into debt while there.
As [...]
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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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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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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 new brakes and minor [...]
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 balcony [...]
I feel like every time I update here, I have a million and one things to say. This update should be better than my last…and no I still have not found my life balance yet! I am working on it but it looks like things are gonna be changing around my household soon…and for the [...]
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For as long as I can remember, my husband and I have always used coupons here and there but nothing major. When his work started slowing down and money was tight, I really started to bargain shop. These past few months I have been really doing well! I mean-I save at least 50% when I [...]
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I have read so many articles lately about credit cards, credit card use and how creditors are tightening their belts with certain borrowers based on what they buy and where they use their cards. Huh?
I put a link to one of the articles here if you want to read it as I [...]
With my wake-up call this morning, my husband tells me that a couple of repo guys came to his work in the middle of the night to repossess someones car. Not just anyone’s car though-one of the owners cars! This guy walks around as if he has no care in the world and no money [...]
I spent the last couple days looking online and taking the back way home driving through neighborhoods looking for a new place to live. I found a few actually. So before I started calling around making appointments to view them, I decided to call my apartment manager one more time.
She was not in but someone [...]
So much has changed since my last post. I don’t know where to start. I have been meaning to keep up with it all here but these past few weeks I have been, well um, going through a lot. A mixture of family stuff(hey-I am a mother of a teenage girl-need I say more?lol) and [...]
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The weather is just awesome here in South Florida! It is 52 degrees and we aren’t running our air conditioner again. That helps the electricity bill out for sure.
Speaking of electricity bills, I sat down and did our budget today. When we have zero credit card payments being made and just the basics really, why [...]
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As Hurricane Gustav passes us by, I am feeling really sorry for the people in the Gulf Coast right now. It has been cloudy, dark and windy here these past few days. We are just getting the outer bands so I can just imagine how powerful that storm is. I just hope everyone stays safe and it [...]
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