Review: Shopping at HomeGoods - Holiday Gifts Under $25

What I Brought Home from HomeGoods

I was lucky enough to be chosen to go on a $25 spending spree at HomeGoods, courtesy of HomeGoods and BlogHer Publishing Network.

Make sure you visit the BlogHer Exclusive Offers page where BlogHer and HomeGoods is giving away one gift card worth $100, and twenty gift cards worth $25 so be sure to [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Blast from the Past – November 2008

Hello all my readers, and welcome to my monthly issue called Blast from the Past where I take a walk down memory lane and review some posts from two years ago here at Out of Debt Again.

In November of 2008, Out of Debt Again was 14 months old.  In November I wrote 21 [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Review: Jingle Bell Jar

Jingle Bell Jar - Craft Idea

I don’t even know how I came across this site, but you have to go to the Inspired Room and check out the Jingle Bell Jars, I just love these! In fact I love them so much I decided to make one of my own.

Melissa used a canning jar, but I decided why [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Homemade Jerky - How to Make Beef Jerky

Plate of Beef Jerky

We love beef jerky here at the Accountability household.  Two problems with buying it: it’s expensive and no telling what all unpronounceable ingredients are included with it, like MSG and who knows what other preservative chemicals are added.

For comparison, here is Amazon’s current price for Jack Link’s Beef Jerky:

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Save Money on Food By Using a Dehydrator

I’m always looking for ways to save money on food.   We try to limit our purchases of food to what is on sale, but it’s not always possible to wait until vegetables go on sale.  For example, cauliflower doesn’t go on sale very often, or at least not as often as I’d like.  This [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Progressive Glasses Ordered from Zenni Optical

Zenni Optical Frame #316221 $15.95

I’ve ordered from Zenni Optical several times now.  My first order was for myself and AJ, and the second order was for a pair of prescription sunglasses for myself.  This time we’ve ordered glasses for Mr. A, whose arm has grown shorter in the last few months so he has been having a difficult [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

How to Stay Focused With a To Do List

Having a list of things that need to be done is an important tool because I have so much that needs to be done I’m apt to forget something if I don’t have it written down.

Unfortunately, since I’m easily distracted, the list can sit there all day long and some days I never [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Best Storage Rack for Shoes

Red and Black Lace Shoe by misbehave

I’ve been trying to figure out the best way to store my shoes and there are so many kinds of storage racks, I was really amazed.

Now, before you get the impression that I’m one of those ladies who owns dozens of pairs of shoes, I’m not, but I do own about ten pairs [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Top Referrers October 2010

Many thanks to my top referrers for the month of October 2010 (according to Google Analytics). Thank you very much!

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Stores That Offer Layaway

Layaway was a popular way to buy gifts or clothing when I was a child. There were a lot of children in my family, I am the oldest of seven and my mother occasionally used this method to buy some articles of clothing as well as Christmas gifts. I even used layaway once as [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]