2008 September | Out of Debt Again

Earn Cash with Big Crumbs

By Mrs. Accountability on September 30th, 2008

Here’s what I do when I need to make an online purchase. First I go to Ev’reward.

Next I type in the store from which I’m planning to shop. This time it was VistaPrint. I’ve bought business cards from them many times, and I need to order new cards for Mr. A because I changed our ISP, and his email address has changed. I entered VistaPrint into the search box and … click here to continue reading Earn Cash with Big Crumbs

Gas From Costco Without a Membership??

By Mrs. Accountability on September 29th, 2008

If you are visiting from the Money Hacks Carnival #32 – Have You Ever? Edition, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you The Financial Blogger for the hard work of hosting this event, and including my post!

I have seen three blogs in the past couple of weeks with a post about getting gas from Costco without having a membership. I won’t mention the blogs as I don’t want … click here to continue reading Gas From Costco Without a Membership??

The Winners Have Been Chosen!

By Mrs. Accountability on September 28th, 2008

Greetings!

I chose my winners using two random generating websites. All entries were listed in Excel. First, I generated random numbers for every entry (471 in all) at Research Randomizer, then I went to Random.org and used the Random Integer Generator to select three numbers.

Those numbers belonged to these folks (not listed in the order of prize won):

Thank you to everyone who visited and commented, and entered the contest! … click here to continue reading The Winners Have Been Chosen!

OODA Contest Ends Today!

By Mrs. Accountability on September 27th, 2008

Thank you to everyone who has entered my 1st Blogoversary Contest!! It has been so exciting to see all the new visitors. I’ve met a lot of people and added several blogs to my feed reader.

You still have to time to enter, or earn more entry points! If you haven’t entered already, simply click here to see the original post and comment. That gets you 1 entry point.

You can earn … click here to continue reading OODA Contest Ends Today!

How One Family Escaped This Housing Crisis

By Mrs. Accountability on September 26th, 2008

If you are visiting from the Carnival of Money Stories #78, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you Funny About Money for the hard work of hosting this event, and including my post!

My story begins in 2001. I had just been hired by my current employer. We had been living in a mobile home park nestled in the city for eight years. When we first moved in, it was … click here to continue reading How One Family Escaped This Housing Crisis

Great News on the Electricity Front!

By Mrs. Accountability on September 24th, 2008

I am so excited to share with my readers that our electricity company sent me an email today notifying me that our monthly payment has been adjusted to $317 per month. We have been paying $334.52 for nearly two years. And, it has been going up steadily every year since we moved here in 2001. I am so thrilled to see it go down, instead of up!

A great deal … click here to continue reading Great News on the Electricity Front!

My 1st Blogoversary – Contest Ends Saturday

By Mrs. Accountability on September 23rd, 2008

I was really hoping to see my Feedburner count rise to over 100 subscribers.

Remember, if you subscribe via Feedburner, you’ll be eligible for three more entries into my contest where you could win 1) a $25 Gift Certificate from Amazon, 2) a $15 Gift Certificate from CafePress, 3) $10 from Revolution Money Exchange. Just be sure to let me know in the comments section on the contest post.

Are you wondering, … click here to continue reading My 1st Blogoversary – Contest Ends Saturday

Save Money Getting Your DBA - Doing Business As

By Mrs. Accountability on September 23rd, 2008

As you know, I live in the state of Arizona. An acquaintance of Mr. A’s has been encouraging him to get a “DBA” and was even so kind as to print out an application he found on the Internet. “It’s only $115, Mr. A and, and, it’ll protect you!” Mr. A wondered what he would be protected from, and I wondered why he needed to have a DBA. As … click here to continue reading Save Money Getting Your DBA – Doing Business As

Credit Card Acceptance Update

By Mrs. Accountability on September 22nd, 2008

I applied for five new credit cards the other day. The reason why I applied for so many is because the last time I needed to do a balance transfer the card limited me to only $4000 when the amount I needed to roll over was higher than that.

Plus, I was hoping to get a card that we could use for getting cash back since we spend so much money … click here to continue reading Credit Card Acceptance Update

Homemade Bread

By Mrs. Accountability on September 21st, 2008

Tricia over at Blogging Away Debt has been making bread lately, and I was inspired to pull out our breadmaker and make a loaf myself.

Tricia said in her first post that she figured the loaf cost less than store bought, but today she factored in how much electricity her oven costs along with her ingredients.

As Mr. A, AJ and I were playing a board game after church, it dawned on … click here to continue reading Homemade Bread