Monthly Archives: April 2010

Would You Plan a Birthday Party For Yourself?

plan of action
I've never had a birthday party. Oh, maybe when I was a child with my mom and stepfather, siblings and grandparents, we'd have cake and ice cream and I'd open presents. But I've never had a traditional birthday party where friends were invited. I've been thinking I'd like to have a party for myself when I turn the BIG FIVE-OH. Yep, it's not too many years from now, and if I'm going to have a party, I should probably sock… Read the rest

I Can’t Find My Code for TaxCut That I Bought From Amazon

income taxes
Last night, we were trying to get AJ's income tax return submitted by e-file. I found the box for TaxCut and entered the code… but I got a message that the code was invalid. I tried again. So then I started looking at the box more carefully, and realized that it was last year's software! No wonder the number was wrong! Then I started looking and looking for this year's software. I couldn't find it. I went through everything on… Read the rest

Thanks Discover, You Can Stop Now

credit cards
Back on March 30th, I wrote about how I'd called Discover to find out if they could lower my rates.  They said they couldn't for my current balance, but they would be more than happy to give me a 3.9% promotional rate on any purchases made until October. A few days later, I received a letter from Discover, thanking me for my continued loyalty, and that they were pleased to confirm my new promotional rate. Then a couple days later,… Read the rest

Would You, Could You Spend $29 on a 5 Pound Bag of Flour?

frugal
Kacie over at Sense to Save is teaching herself how to bake, and recently asked in a blog post Can a $9 bag of flour be frugal? My short answer to that is yes.  When you consider bread is $2 to $5 a loaf, you can make several loaves with a five pound bag of flour.  Kacie mentioned making flour tortillas and those are also very expensive nowadays.  However, I should say that I personally find that fresh baked goods… Read the rest