2009 October | Out of Debt Again

The Time I Almost Married An Amway Salesman

By Mrs. Accountability on October 31st, 2009

Come close, my pretties, and let me tell you a scary and financially disastrous Halloween love story.

I rarely dated during the years Mr. A and I were divorced. Getting married again was not my first priority. Being the best parent I could be was a lot more important. However, I did date a [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Carnivals for the week of October 26th, 2009

By Mrs. Accountability on October 30th, 2009

Carnival of Money Stories II

My post Our Grocery Budget – How It’s Evolved was included at The Carnival of Money Stories II – The Halloween Candy Edition hosted by PT Money.

Some of the posts I liked there:

Building Rich Money Habits 101: My personal finance story by Rich Money Habits. Great story! [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

I Received a Duplicate Shipment from Amazon

By Mrs. Accountability on October 29th, 2009

I ordered three cookbooks, one for me, one for AJ and one for my boss for a Christmas present from Amazon.com. I was so excited to see they had arrived! Two boxes. I picked up the one, opened it up and looked inside. Pulled out the plastic bags of air and thought I saw [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

NuRide – Earn Points for Carpooling, Biking & Telecommuting

By Mrs. Accountability on October 28th, 2009

I was over at My Frugal Life and Dawn mentioned a post by Amanda over at My Dollar Plan – Ten Surprising Ways You Can Earn Cash. I clicked through on number ten, but found that I can’t participate since the NuRide, Inc. program isn’t in my area yet. But if you happen to [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Idea of a Cheap (and Fun!) Date

By Mrs. Accountability on October 27th, 2009

I have been posting a weekly report on how it’s going with using cash to buy our groceries. Since one of the reasons I am behind on tracking our finances is due to spending Friday out with Mr. A, in lieu of the weekly report, I’m going to share my idea of a fun [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Recipe

By Mrs. Accountability on October 26th, 2009

This recipe includes four simple ingredients: butternut squash (you can use pumpkin or any variety of winter squash), honey, cream, whole milk and honey.

Yesterday on the way home from church, I noticed several establishments were offering some form of pumpkin “dessert”. Pumpkin Pie Blizzard from DQ, Dreyer’s Limited Edition Pumpkin, but I held [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Mr. A’s Credit Score

By Mrs. Accountability on October 25th, 2009

Mr. A has dealt mostly with cash in his life, so in February of 2008 I had him apply for a secured credit card so he could begin building his credit. We put $600 into the bank, and they held onto it while we used the card to buy gasoline and paid it in [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Answers to Mrs. A’s Q&A

By Mrs. Accountability on October 24th, 2009

Last Monday I asked if my readers had anything to ask, so here are the answers.

Mrs. Gardener asked how my garden was doing. It’s coming along, here let me show you a picture of the delicious baby greens that are doing wonderfully. I’ve already harvested one bunch of radishes, too! I’m going to [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Consolidating Our Credit Cards

By Mrs. Accountability on October 23rd, 2009

For some reason I have been having trouble bringing myself to use our $20K line of credit. I have just been procrastinating, even though the interest rate is 10.2% as opposed to the highest credit card which is 13.24%. The other credit cards are below 10% (amazingly).

Mr. A and I have been having [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

What Are Some Good Cheap Holiday Ideas and Gifts?

By Mrs. Accountability on October 22nd, 2009

I know, Halloween hasn’t even gotten here, but my boss is already buying Christmas gifts. When she starts doing that, I know the winter holiday season is right around the corner. I need some new ideas. I’ll share some of mine, and please help me with sharing some of your holiday gift ideas.

I [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]