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My Zenni Optical Prescription Sunglasses

I told you I’d let you know how my prescription sunglasses from Zenni Optical worked out.

The prescription is great, unfortunately I’ve been to two different eyeglasses places and they can’t get the frames adjusted to fit my face.  I chose a plastic frame and it seems to be permanently tweaked so that the [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Amazon's Text Trace

Mr. A ordered a new power tool from Amazon, this item here: Makita 18-Volt Cordless 3-Piece Combo Kit.  Mr. A checked the prices at Home Depot, and Amazon’s price of $262.25 with free Super Saver Shipping was a screaming deal.  It included a regular drill, a driver drill and flashlight, two batteries, charger and [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Can You Just Run Out and Buy Something on a Whim?

The other day I was thinking about a couple of things I’ve been wanting to buy.   And I realized that living so far away from the big city probably helps to keep my impulse buying to a minimum. Sure I could jump in my car and drive 30 miles to buy what I’m hankering [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Friday Finds June 11, 2010

Every Friday I list a few posts I’ve read and enjoyed. Here are today’s choices:

Jacq – Single Mom Rich Mom shares Catfight of the Personal Finance Blogger Chicks between her and Barbara Friedman Personal Finance. The ladies are trying to see who can spend the least amount of money in June. UPDATE: I [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Wells Fargo Charges a Fee to Make Transfer to Another Bank

A couple of weeks ago I saw that Wells Fargo allows transfers to other banks, and my immediate thought was “WOW!  That’s cool! Now it will be that much easier to move money over to ING Direct!

I started the process to get that in place, since I wanted to be able to push [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Estimated Payments Made in January Count Toward Previous Year

On Saturday our income tax refund landed in our checking account. It was significantly higher than I’d anticipated which freaked me out a little bit when I saw it.

I opened H & R Block At Home 2009 and calculated the difference. It was exactly $664 which I recognized as the amount we’d paid [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Friday Finds June 4, 2010

I neglected to put together my Friday Finds for the two previous Fridays but I was determined to get one together today, so here we go!

First, some link love to the bloggers who included Out of Debt Again recently:

On May 24th, my post Finally—Our 2008 Tax Refund Arrived was included in the [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Clothing Category Will Be Up In May

My birthday was last month, I turned 47.  My mother, mother-in-law and my boss gave me cash adding up to close to $100.  I’m no good at applying birthday money to credit card debt, I admit it.

Since embarking on my heal my gut crusade, I’ve managed to drop some pounds and all my [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Why My Credit Score is Important to Me

// Back in August 2009 I talked about why my credit score is important to me – it’s because we would like to refinance our home.

The offer from the credit union has no doubt changed since then, but we were contemplating rolling our credit card debt with the mortgage, along with trading in [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Top Referrers May 2010

Many thanks to my top referrers for the month of May 2010 (according to Google Analytics). Thank you very much for including me at your blog!

Ultimate Money Blog Soaps Gone Buy Wisebread Funny About Money Enemy of Debt I Pick Up Pennies Graceful Retirement No More Spending Ask Mr. Credit Card Blogging Away [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]