The beginning of the year is one when we spend time getting our paperwork in order. It just happened that our car insurance, vehicle registration and both house insurance policies are up for renewal in either December or January. This month it’s the registration and one house policy. I’ve already paid for the registration but [...]
I’m still waiting for paperwork to come in so we can finish our taxes. I just got our home equity statement in yesterday and am amazed at the amount of interest we pay. We have a great rate, but still end up paying most of the payment toward interest, typical for a relatively new loan.
When [...]
Someone on my street told me that the garbage company gives a discount if you pay for a year up front. I’m calling them anyway because we had a note in our latest bill saying it was going up $2. No biggie, gas is going up and I understand.
Except my bill went up $6. We [...]
Earlier in December I was notified that I won a contest and won a copy of the Greatest Secrets of the Coupon Mom book. How exciting - it’s been a while since I’ve won anything. It arrived right before Christmas and so far it looks good. I’ll be back with a review of it [...]
I’ve read quite a few blogs saying getting into shape, losing weight, building muscle, is a resolution this year. I’ve said it myself - I need to lose weight and I want to get into better shape. I’m starting off slow - I’ve only been exercising on the thigh trainer since Jan 2. But that [...]
Start planning your list of what to do financially and otherwise. Otherwise - the list will probably be long for me. I always have a list of goals and they are then broken down into smaller goals. Here are a few financial related ones:
Before I get going here, I found a couple of great blog [...]
I found the Carnival of Debt Reduction which lead me to Check up on your cable bill.
So I made a quick phone call to reduce our cable bill. Sneaky company that my cable/internet company is, I have a package that if you split the services up, it all goes up.
After realizing that I would be [...]