Archive for October, 2006
Well I thought I would take this chance and talk about our first big money mistake my DH and I made as a couple. We were fine when we got married ~ a month later he got a bonus from work that allowed him to pay off his credit card, pay for moving me with […]
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Posted in Money Mistakes | Comments Off on The First One
Though we are coming to the point where we should be getting pay raises (by we I mean my DH’s job), we are actually at a point where we may take a paycut. See the military pays different based on what job you are doing at that time. My DH is currently a teacher, for […]
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
Posted in Everyday Spending | Comments Off on A Loss In Income
MightyBargainHunter writes about Prosper loans for engagement rings. I have read a few of the personal finance blogs that mentioned Prosper so I went to check it out. It is read as “the online marketplace for people to people lending.” But that’s neither here nor there – I wanted to talk about going into debt […]
Saturday, October 21st, 2006
Posted in Everyday Spending | Comments Off on Engagement Ring Talk
Birthdays, special occassions, etc. I usually do really well spending for birthdays – all it costs is a phone call and the kids and I sing to whoever’s day it is. And we have Vonage so it’s free long distance. I am going to start sending cards (I am very crafty and have a stash […]
Friday, October 20th, 2006
Posted in Holiday Spending | Comments Off on Spending for holidays
DH and I have learned a lot in the short amount of time we have been together. And over at Blueprint for Financial Prosperity is posted “Money’s 25 Rules to grow rich by” ~ check it out. It’s a great list. We have made some mistakes but we are mostly doing everything right – okay, […]
Friday, October 20th, 2006
Posted in Everyday Spending | Comments Off on We are doing it right!
Meal planning is going well so far. I like cooking but sometimes I feel like it takes a long time. I usually will have a tv show on so I can catch up (I dvr whatever shows I watch, I don’t watch commercials anymore LOL) and the kids wanting to help out. I know there […]
Wednesday, October 18th, 2006
Posted in Groceries | Comments Off on Meal Planning Take One
It’s amazing how once we get in this situation – credit card paid off, a little extra money, extra credit card payments going in – a flood of “needing” to spend comes along. We ordered books yesterday for DH’s class and I ordered $21 of business supplies (only one order so far but November will […]
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006
Posted in Spending Money | Comments Off on A Flood of Spending
We got paid a mere four days ago and the paycheck is spent. Blah. We realized that we have it good really – we make good money, we have a house, two cars, lots of food in the house. So why can’t we get away from what little debt we have! We are going to […]
Monday, October 16th, 2006
Posted in Groceries, Spending Money | Comments Off on Paycheck (mostly) spent
Visit this week’s Carnival of Personal Finance. Great advice about learning to stay within your mortgage limits. We are dollars short of being at the 35% outer limit he mentions. Really, it was a bad idea to buy this house and we know it. And unfortuntely for us, houses of the same size (same layout) […]
Monday, October 16th, 2006
Posted in Blurbs, Carnivals | Comments Off on Carnival Posts
So today we spent $368 on groceries, $15 on bite to eat (lunch), and $20 on books. Tomorrow we shouldn’t spend anything, Tuesday is gymnastics – we will owe the yearly fee plus October prorated. I am rescheduling the cats neutering until next payday since we spent twice what we planned on for groceries. We […]
Sunday, October 15th, 2006
Posted in Everyday Spending | Comments Off on Keeping track