DH and I leave today for a working vacation – he’s working, I’m vacationing – a.k.a. we’re piggybacking on his companies bill. He gets to sit at a booth for two days talking to farmers and ranchers about money. In return, he gets a trip out west, hotel, food and rodeo tickets. I’m accompanying him. [...]
Entries from January 2008
January 30, 2008
you made your bed…
For about 24 hours my dh and I owned a brand new king sized bed.
We’ve been dreaming about it for years – 3 to be exact – ever since my parents decided their newer king sized bed was too firm and it was time to buy another one. The first bed got moved to the [...]
January 21, 2008
coupons
I saved $3.10 today grocery shopping all because I clipped a few coupons.
Doesn’t sound like a lot of money?
That $3.10 paid for my Sunday newspaper. And my town’s weekly newspaper. And the Saturday paper I picked up on the spur. (I got those coupons out of those papers.)
Lots of people are against coupons. I’ve always [...]
January 14, 2008
I’m not really this money crazy
I just need control.
Everyone with an addiction yearns for control. I need control over where my money goes now because for years I didn’t care. That doesn’t mean I overspent all the time. I have always considered myself thrifty with my money. I just didn’t have a clue about where it all went. I would [...]
January 10, 2008
less than $10
Our camping fund for the new year is now less than $10. That’s right – I had to dig into the $13 remaining from groceries to buy marshmallows and rice krispies. In other words, I completely forgot that my son’s 1/2 birthday was Monday and we needed to whip up some treats for school.
My dh [...]
January 8, 2008
grocery gettin’
I used to hate grocery shopping.
I hated spending money on something that frankly wasn’t that important to me. I’ve inherited from my father a wonderful thing I like to call “forget-to-eat-itis”. I can reach 7 p.m. on a busy day and think: “Hmm. What did I eat today? A cookie at noon. Did I drink [...]
January 7, 2008
my first
this blog has been started to record my triumphs and tribulations:
1. raising 3 boys
2. learning in my 30’s to be fiscally responsible
3. greening my household
The boys really have nothing to do with my past financial faults. They are an ever-present source of will power to accomplish those goals and teach them to be fiscally responsible. [...]
