Monthly Archives: August 2008

Thrift Store Finds

frugal
I mentioned our “new” suitcases the other day that I found from Savers. Here's a couple of photos of them. The huge one is on the bottom, the large one is laying on top. They both have wheels on the bottom. The big one was $7.99 and the large one was $6.99. And here's the large one. It was $4.99. It will fit nicely into the one above. This will be great for storing purposes. But here is the really… Read the rest

Upgrading to Quicken Deluxe 2008

Monthly Reports
To the $52 spent to upgrade to a more modern computer, add $43.31 since only God knows where my Quicken 2001 disc is located. I had to upgrade to Quicken Deluxe 2008. It was on sale at Best Buy, $20 off the normal price of $60. I think I could have gotten it for a few dollars less and could have gone through one of the online rebate portals if I'd bought it online, but I needed to have it… Read the rest
Bonfire at church camp

Back In The Saddle Again

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My youngest son and I had a great time at church camp and are looking forward to attending next year. Before we left for camp, we realized since we never go anywhere we didn't have much in the way of suitcases. I'd picked up a couple at a thrift store a month or two ago, but the handle broke on one, and the other was too small. So I decided to stop by Savers and see if they had anything.… Read the rest

What Is Your Time Worth?

Money
Paid Twice had a post recently How Much Money Is Your Time Really Worth? which reminded me of a conversation I had with a friend over the weekend. She crochets scarves and sells them in local boutiques for $15. I used to be part of a website that sold scarves, until the gal who had volunteered to be the “owner” of the site decided to downgrade the site to “basic” which crashed our shopping cart. The shopping cart which *I*… Read the rest