Monthly Archives: June 2008

How Would You Solve Too Smart’s Dilemma?

OODA Spotlight
I met several new bloggers by hosting the 130th Festival of Frugality on Tuesday and one of the bloggers I met was not only new to me, but he's new to blogging. Too Smart to Live Like This [post archived at the Internet Archive] wrote yesterday prompted by a post of Paid Twice's post What's Your Life-Changing Money? and realized that his life-changing number was $3600. He reasoned if he could pay off two loans that would enable him free… Read the rest

My Mom’s $6480 Washing Machine

Carnivals, My Two Cents
I was talking with my mom on Sunday about her financial situation. We've talked about it before and she's pretty open about things. She was caring for my grandmother 24-7 the past ten years, up until Grandma passed away last September. Grandma had two pensions, one from working for the state for 25 years, and the other for working for the county for 25 years. She had a couple thousand coming in, and the way I always looked at it… Read the rest

The Eight Little Pigs – Festival of Frugality #130

Carnivals
Welcome to the 130th Edition of the Festival of Frugality! Thanks to the Festival of Frugality allowing me the honor of hosting here at Out of Debt Again. Oh my goodness, there are so many great posts this week! Thank you to everyone who submitted. I loved reading through all the entries but narrowed these down for my editor's picks. To Be Debt Free presents CVS Extra Care Bucks. I'm kind of in the same boat as To Be Debt… Read the rest

Mr. A Finds Dimes

My Two Cents
Apparently there's some weird phenomenon about finding dimes. When Mr. A and I run errands together, and sometimes we go to three or four stores in one day, almost every single store we go to, every single time, he finds a dime. I have found a dime or quarter or penny every once in a while, but it's almost freaky how he's always finding dimes. Here is a blog where the writer describes every dime finding event in detail: Finding… Read the rest