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Monthly Archives: February 2009
The Importance of Credit Cards, Part II
First and foremost, thank you for all of your comments concerning your feelings about credit cards – apparently, I touched on a topic that’s near and dear to many of you. Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I was sitting at my full-time job Thursday when Future Husband emailed me. Subject: CC? “You should email that buddy of yours about the credit cards – not brother carl, the banker guy.” Everyone needs a go-to person for financial questions. For me, … Continue reading
The importance of credit cards?
My dear friend Melanie weighed in on the last post I wrote about how the economy is reviving a “fix-it” nation. And Mel asked a good question – the gist was that she found a pair of shoes at Sears on clearance for $20. The checkout person pitched Mel additional savings by opening up a Sears card and Mel was able to pay cash for the shoes. “… As we left I explained to my husband that I always apply … Continue reading
The tale of two pairs of shoes
When I think of my friend and fellow traveler Heather (we called her “Heeter” because that’s how the Maltese pronounced her very American name), I remember her clunky boots. They weren’t hiking boots per se, they kind of reminded me of something you might have seen on “Little House on the Prairie” what my mom would have called “granny boots.” I remember hiking all over Malta with her on one Saturday afternoon to find a cobbler who would fix the … Continue reading
Something New: Calculating my net worth
Reading “Blogging Away Debt” with Tricia is one of the reasons that I became a frugal living/debt reduction blogger in the first place. Her update in today’s blog was an update on her net worth and it made me curious to see what my net worth is. Simply put, net worth is “the amount by which a company or individual’s assets exceed their liabilities” and unfortunately in my case, my liabilities exceeds my assets giving me … drum roll … … Continue reading
Posted in Debt Reduction, Where My Money Goes
Tagged Blogging Away Debt, net worth, NetWorthIQ, Tricia
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Wading in on the Octomom controversy
I was just content to observe all of the hoopla surrounding Nadya “Octomom” Suleman and reserve my thoughts … but then Joy Behar was guesting (that’s guest hosting, I guess) for Larry King Live and got the Duggar family to weigh in on the Octomom controversy. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Duggar family, they are a family of 20 who live in Arkansas. Their philosophy is that if it’s God’s will to have another kid, they’ll … Continue reading
Posted in Good Reading, Inane articles
Tagged CNN, Duggar family, joy behar, larry king live, octomom, TLC
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Frugal honeymoon ideas?
Just call me the “anti-bride.” This moniker is not to be confused with “Bridezilla” (although Lord knows I’ve had those moments), but is reserved for those woefully underprepared brides who should have really just eloped and gone to Vegas instead of having some elaborate wedding. As of the 18th, Future Husband and I have two months until we get hitched and wow … everything is coming together – including the wedding invitations that I addressed by hand. Nothing says love … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Living, Reader Input
Tagged Amtrak, cheap travel, frugal, honeymoon, plane tickets
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Good article
Suze Orman was on Larry King recently and CNN.com posted some of the highlights of her conversation. The article is here.
Something to look forward to …
SavingAdvice.com has a new blogger that’s been writing for them lately – her name is Sadie Morris and her “niche” in blogging is writing about a debt-free life. Check out her blog here. I’ll be honest – reading her blog is like watching a feel-good movie. I do aspire someday to live like this person. And it’s nice to see someone like that out there when so many other things that I read these days are about people who don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Living, Good Reading
Tagged blog, debt-free, dresses, grandma, shopping
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Dieting/working out on a budget
Moonlight left me a question last month when I was looking for subjects to write about: “Is it possible to get exercise without joining a gym?” First off … full confession. I do have a gym membership. And I’ll be honest, I haven’t darkened the door of the gym yet this month. And probably little of last month. My only “good” excuse is my work schedule, but every time I think of my wedding dress, I panic a little inside … Continue reading
Posted in Everyday Living, Where My Money Goes
Tagged Cindy Crawford, diet, DVD, gym membership, Jenny Craig, Kate Winslet, Leslie Sansone, motivation, Paula Abdul, SparkPeople, walking, Weight Watchers, workout
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Having said that …
Here are a couple ideas for Valentine’s Day on the cheap: 1) Screw Hallmark. When was the last time that you received a correspondence that wasn’t a text message or an email? When was the last time that you received a genuine, bonafide letter? When was the last time you received a love letter? The art of the love letter is pretty much lost on today’s generation when the phrase “UR so butiful” will suffice as an expression of love. … Continue reading
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