Monthly Report February 2008

Okay, here I am with the monthly report for February. We came in under budget by $81.92.

We did a lot better on gasoline usage – amazingly $225 under budget. We also cut down on the feed bill, I mean grocery bill by $500! That’s pretty amazing. I’m not really sure how it [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Contest Over At The Penny Saved

Mr. Saved over at The Penny Saved is running a contest until Monday, March 10th. Cut up your cards and send him a picture, and you might win a prize! He states that at least thirty people need to enter the contest, or he won’t give away the grand prizes. So submit your entry [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Balance Transfer Update

I’ve been logging in to Chase every day, to see if the remaining $4000 has been paid with the balance transfer from Citicard. It’s still there this morning.

I checked my Citicard account this morning to see if there was any information about the balance transfer, as I began the process last Saturday on [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Don't Forget to Cast Your Vote - and Higher Spirits Today

I’ve bounced back a bit today. Thank you for the kind words of encouragement.

Mr. A and I talked last night about money we have coming in and we should be able to pay our income taxes as soon as his client cuts a check. So I should be able to do our taxes [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Depressed Beyond Words

Today’s post feels embarrassing and humiliating. I want to be successful and make great strides in our debt reduction. I don’t want to keep going further into debt.

But maintaining my positive outlook, I have to remind myself that the choices we made last year were for a reason. Something happened that had to [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Paying Off That 14.24% Credit Card

FINALLY! I’m doing it today!

I’ve just transferred $4000 on the Citicard to the Chase card, and I’m about to pay the balance of $3909.19 from my checking account.

I printed out the statement and noticed the APR has gone down to 12.99%. It kind of freaked me out to see that it had [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]