2009 October | Out of Debt Again

Join AAA at 33% Savings

By Mrs. Accountability on October 12th, 2009

Have you been thinking about joining AAA?

I knew there were discounts for having a Triple A membership, but the last time I looked they were for things like car rentals, hotel stays, or trips to Disneyland. Then I read on a personal finance blog not too long ago (sorry I can’t remember [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Top Referrers for September 2009

By Mrs. Accountability on October 10th, 2009

Thank you to all my top referrers for the month of September:

The Good Life on a Budget Grocery Cart Challenge Funny About Money Graceful Retirement Green Panda Treehouse Goliath Debt Four Pillars Counting My Pennies Pay Less for Food Really Ready for Change Sense To Save Berry Makes Cents Suburban Dollar The Grass [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Update on the Denied Insurance Payments

By Mrs. Accountability on October 9th, 2009

If you are visiting from the Carnival of Personal Finance – Halloween 2009 Edition hosted at Money Crashers, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you Erik for including my post in today’s carnival!

Back in September I wrote about how Mr. A’s insurance company was asking us to reimburse them for prescription medication [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

October 2009 Garden Update

By Mrs. Accountability on October 8th, 2009

Earlier this year I learned how to extend the life of my seeds. Here is my gallon jar of seeds that I keep in the bottom shelf of my refrigerator. If you look closely, you can see the rubber bands around some packets. I have bundled the seed packets together by season. The ones [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

We Found Some New Toilet Paper

By Mrs. Accountability on October 7th, 2009

Money Management tweeted about a site which lists discount grocery stores by state and then blogged about some of the savings she’d found. Just a few days earlier my boss told me we were running low on the commercial hand soap I’d found at American Discount Foods the last time I shopped there so [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Cash System for Groceries Week 4

By Mrs. Accountability on October 6th, 2009

Week 4 : Monday September 28 to Sunday October 4

We start out each Monday with $160 in cash for groceries.

I’m beginning to wonder if Mr. A is not giving me all the receipts, lol. It is just amazing to me that we are doing so well on limiting our grocery budget. For [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Make Your Own Vanilla

By Mrs. Accountability on October 5th, 2009

If you are visiting from the Festival of Frugality #199 hosted at Yes, I am Cheap, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you for including my post in today’s carnival!

I discovered a couple of years ago that the most popular brand of vanilla, McCormick’s Pure Vanilla Extract contains corn syrup. Ingredients listed: [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

I Want a Composting Toilet

By Mrs. Accountability on October 3rd, 2009

I don’t actually want one in my home, I’d like to have one installed into an outhouse. Mr. A and I have talked about building an outhouse before. The other night he was saying he needed to get around to putting in that outdoors toilet. I again reiterated to him that I wanted him [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

$30 Bucks to A Good Cause… Because I Had To

By Mrs. Accountability on October 2nd, 2009

If you are visiting from the 85th Money Hacks Carnival hosted at The Dough Roller, welcome to Out of Debt Again! Thank you DR for including my post in today’s carnival!

During this past week I was waylaid by my boss soliciting charity goods. I admit it, I ordered the $10 loaf of Bavarian [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Refrigerator Energy Usage - How Much Electricity Does It Use?

By Mrs. Accountability on October 1st, 2009

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I found my Kill-A-Watt buried in my bedroom closet amongst a bunch of other cords in a bag. Over the past year several times I have longed to test the electricity usage but couldn’t bring myself to buy another one. Of course since I have it back [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]