All posts by Mrs. Accountability

Merry Christmas 2008!

spending money
Merry, Merry Christmas!! Congratulations to Kacie over at Sense to Save who has a newborn baby boy born on Saturday the 20th! Nearly an entire year has gone by, it's hard to believe. I also can't believe how fast Christmas swooped in on me. It always gets here before I know it, every single year. Our Christmas this year will be very low key and frugal. From what I estimate, we'll be spending less than a total of $100 on… Read the rest

Free 8×10 From CVS – Dec. 24th Last Day

saving money
Read about this free 8×10 over at The Wife at Home. The code is ENLARGE and this offer expires TODAY, so hurry on over. If you are new to CVS, you can also get 50 free prints. Except NOW I know why I normally don't take advantage of these deals. I started a folder on my computer for digital photos I want to have printed out, but I only had three photos. I knew which one I wanted to reprint… Read the rest

Will The "New" Truck Be A Wise Investment?

business tips
I wrote about the “new” truck we purchased over the weekend. We discovered in the past few days of tracking mileage that this truck gets nearly 20mpg which is excellent. Mr. A put 15,400 miles on his old work truck in 2008. The miles per gallon varied, depending on how fast he drove. When he could travel at 55 miles per hour, he could get 15 miles per gallon. But we live in an area where the only route into… Read the rest

New Business Truck

spending money
Mr. A's work truck is a Ford F150, I can never remember the year on it but I think it's a 1987. It broke down again on Thursday. I finally got him and AJ put on my AAA towing service account. AAA is pretty cool in that they will add other people onto your account and prorate the account, so it only cost me $40 to have them added. We don't get the basic plan, since being towed five miles… Read the rest