2010 January | Out of Debt Again

Meet Little House from Little House in the Valley

By Mrs. Accountability on January 30th, 2010

Today Little House from Little House in the Valley and I are exchanging question and answer posts. Little House has a great financial blog with a focus on her love for little houses!

After you read her answers here, go over to her site and read my answers. And while you’re at her site, [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Five Year Financial Plan

By Mrs. Accountability on January 28th, 2010

I was reading over at No More Spending’s site about Laura’s five year plan.

Wow. What a concept. I have never actually written down any kind of plan for my future. I have a loose idea of what we want to do, obviously paying off our debt would be at the top of the [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

How I Store My Receipts

By Mrs. Accountability on January 27th, 2010

Yesterday I shared the reasons why I keep my receipts. Now I’d like to share how I store my receipts.

I typically save my receipts long past the time I record them. I used to toss all receipts into a shoebox but in 2008 I began using #10 envelopes to keep the receipts sorted [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Top 7 Reasons to Save Receipts

By Mrs. Accountability on January 26th, 2010

On Sunday my post showed how many receipts I needed to enter into Quicken. Commenter Ken from Money Making Sense shared that he throws his receipts away once he’s entered them into his checkbook. Kudos to Ken for saving his receipts long enough to record them, some folks don’t bother keeping them for any [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

How to Use Your Computer to Print W2s and 1099s

By Mrs. Accountability on January 25th, 2010

I found a nifty little template which costs $9.95 and allows me to print to the IRS approved pre-printed W2s and 1099-MISCs. It is well worth the cost to purchase this template so that I can use my computer and printer, rather than try and type each form with a typewriter.

I have [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

I’m Drowning in Receipts

By Mrs. Accountability on January 24th, 2010

I enter every single receipt that comes my way into Quicken. That’s how I know where all our money is going. We’ve really cracked down on our diet, trying to eliminate “junk” foods and I’m very curious to see how we’ve done. I’m tempted to just enter “groceries” for every single grocery store receipt [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Carnivals This Week

By Mrs. Accountability on January 23rd, 2010

Mrs. Money hosted the 100th Edition of the Money Hacks carnival at her blog, Ultimate Money Blog and included my post Dust Your Computer – Save Its Life.

Here are some of the posts I liked there:

From Abigail at I Pick Up Pennies – Why Are You Frugal? 20 Ridiculous and Insane Interview [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Meet Mrs. Money from Ultimate Money Blog

By Mrs. Accountability on January 22nd, 2010

Today Mrs. Money from Ultimate Money Blog and I are exchanging question and answer posts. Mrs. Money is a frugal, crunchy-green young woman and she has a great handle on her and Mr. Money’s finances!

After you read her answers here, go over to her site and read my answers. And while you’re at [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Guest Post: Useful Tips To Qualify For A Mortgage After Foreclosure

By Guest Author on January 21st, 2010

Today I have a guest post from The Digerati Life. The Digerati Life is a personal finance site that offers tips and resources on saving, investing and debt management. Check out the site’s coverage of topics that range from reviews of high interest savings accounts to discussions on balance transfer cards.

If you’ve undergone [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

1st Year Blogoversary Celebration Over At The Centsible Life

By Mrs. Accountability on January 21st, 2010

Kelly over at the Centsible Life is giving away lots of prizes to celebrate her first year of blogging. Head on over to this post to learn how to enter. Kelly is also donating 10 cents for each comment to the giveaway post to help the folks in Haiti.

Have a great day!