All posts by Mrs. Accountability

Hopefully It’s Finally Over!! Balance Transfer Saga!

I hope this is the final entry in the Balance Transfer Saga. I made up my mind that this weekend I HAD to “find out where we are with our money.” I've been busy for the past three weekends and haven't been able to get receipts entered into Quicken, reconcile accounts, look at our budget, etc. Thankfully the money Mr. A was waiting on finally was released and we had access to that money to cover everything without having to… Read the rest

Book Review: 101 Ways to Really Satisfy Your Customers

101 Ways to Really Satisfy Your Customers : How to Keep Your Customers and Attract New Ones by Andrew Griffiths Being that I'm forty-something, I remember what customer service used to be like. I remember what it was like to make a call to the manager with a complaint, or write a letter of complaint. You got some action, right away! That has changed dramatically in the last ten years. Reading 101 Ways to Really Satisfy Your Customers mostly confirmed… Read the rest

Stimulate The Economy!

I planned to bank our stimulus check when it arrived, to pay back the income taxes we had to pay out. But our 1989 F150 had other plans. It decided it was time to have its transmission rebuilt. To the tune of $950. I don't expect that we'll see our stimulus check until mid-June. Since we had to pay, I didn't realize had I filled in the direct deposit section, we'd be getting our money back four weeks earlier! OUT… Read the rest

Grocery Shopping Series Part III: Is The Value Pack The Best Buy?

This is Part III in a series on saving money on groceries. This post focuses on the value pack vs. the smaller sized package. As I'm grocery shopping, I take several things into consideration as I make my choices. In trying to get the best buy, I don't always buy the cheapest, or the largest. Most of the stores have a cost per ounce sticker under every item. When they do, it's easy enough to figure out which one is… Read the rest