Monthly Archives: October 2010

Cheap Date Ideas

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Last year I wrote about our second anniversary date and funny enough as it turns out we had a similar anniversary date for our third anniversary this week.   Mr. A wanted to go into the big city to an event he'd been looking forward to attending, and on our way back home we stopped by a Savers. I needed to pick up a few blouses since the only tops I currently own are short sleeved and it has finally cooled… Read the rest

Credit Card Report October 2010

CC Reports
Well shoot. It appears the last time I made a report on our credit card debt was back in April!   Time sure does fly! In April, our credit card debt was at $20,731.85.  I am quite pleased to report that we continue to go steadily pay that amount down, and are now at $15,537.02. That is a decrease of $5194.83 in six months. It always shocks me to see how much the amount has decreased because that looks like we're… Read the rest
Photo: stack of books, Ballard, Seattle, Washington by Wonderlane

Paperback Book Swap – How Paperbackswap.com Works

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I wrote about joining Paperbackswap about one year ago in August. I listed ten books so that I could get two free credits.  Each book is worth 1 credit once it has been received by the requestor.  A few were asked for right away, but the remainder have sat on my “bookshelf” for the past year. During my last decluttering session I gathered a box full of books that I no longer wanted and they've been sitting in my bedroom… Read the rest

My Guest Post at The Digerati Life

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My guest post at The Digerati Life is up – Baking Cookies and Sharing Them in a Cookie Exchange! Thank you SVB for including my post today! I'm feeling better, but life has totally got into the way of blogging. First the head cold helped none with regards to actual coherent thinking, and then our audit was being conducted at my job this week and in addition to all my own work that has to be done, I also had… Read the rest