Monthly Archives: October 2009

Cash System for Groceries – Week 6

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Week 6 : Monday October 13th to Sunday October 18th We are supposed to have $160 each week for groceries.  We overspent last week, so we were supposed to stick to the amount remaining, which was $82. We were unable to do that, and ended up spending $166. Here's how we did: I didn't add any new categories to track this week. I suggested to Mr. A that we forego buying groceries this week to catch up, but he did… Read the rest

Q&A with Mrs. Accountability

My Two Cents
Today I'm opening the floor to my dear readers. Ask me any question, and I'll try to answer it. Maybe there's something you've always wondered, but have never asked. Maybe you want advice for a particular issue.  Maybe you have a question about blogging.  Or about Excel.  Perhaps you'd like to ask me to blog on a certain topic or issue?  Or maybe you just want to know what the weather's like in the desert right now. You ask, I'll… Read the rest

September 2009 Monthly Report

Monthly Reports
I am so pleased with the September report. I was ready to post this report early in October, but I scheduled it for later in the month after I've paid the monthly payments to the credit cards. We were under budget in many departments. Gasoline was $100 under budget, we avoided eating out and saved a lot by doing that. We met our grocery goal of staying under $640 for the month of September! I'm amazed and delighted! In August,… Read the rest

My Credit Score – Has It Really Jumped 31 Points?

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// I was reading through some of the carnivals I'd entered in the last week and I came across Sun Financial's entry Is CreditKarma Useful?  From there, through a series of clicks here and there, I landed up at DebtKid's site. Yeowch. I was reading his post on how to raise your credit score and I got to wondering if my score has risen since I checked it last on August 31st.  I had hoped to see it rise before… Read the rest