Archive for November, 2007

Dave Ramsey Alert for Veterans

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

If you are a veteran, are married to one or know one, here's something that you might be able to use or share with someone who can. First I want to say I think it's amazing that Dave Ramsey is giving this away for free. I'm very impressed with his genorosity. ...

Debt Payoff Progress 11/10/07 - Happy Birthday Marines!

Saturday, November 10th, 2007

Made a small payment towards the debt today, $4.63 from Half.com. I listed some book on Amazon, Ebay and Half.com. Slowly but surely the books have been selling and the payments trickling in. Yesterday was a great mail day as $26.55 in rebate checks came in. :) Every little bit helps. The outgo ...

Quick Update on the “Reduce a Bill” Challenge

Friday, November 9th, 2007

Oops, forgot to mention this yesterday. I made a handy-dandy page to keep up to date with the "Reduce a Bill" Challenge. You can see my posts on the challenge, along with a list of the participants in the challenge and links to their blogs so you can see what ...

Week 2 “Reduce a Bill” Challenge - Counting the Pennies Now

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

Time to check in for the "Reduce a Bill" Challenge everyone! It's Week 2 of the "Reduce a Bill" Challenge. My goal is to reduce my grocery bill at least $5 a week, from $100 to $95. I'll only spend a total of $380 for the entire month for groceries (this ...

Don’t Rely on Your Scrapbooking Stash to Fix Your Truck

Wednesday, November 7th, 2007

So, my sweet, handy husband fixed the power window in our truck a month ago. It worked great and saved us over $262. Cost to us? Nothing. Last Friday he drove over to the local Ford Dealer's parts department to pick up a part for our other truck. While in the PARKING ...