Out of Debt Again was eight months old in April 2008. Join me as we walk down memory lane and see what OODA was up to two years ago this month. On the first I wrote a post called When Being Poor Warps Your Thinking.  If you could spend $50 or 19 hours of your time volunteering, which would you rather do? On the 3rd, I wrote how Phone Quotes are Becoming Less of an Option. It used to be… Read the rest

Ninja over at Punch Debt in the Face asked us to join him in writing a letter addressed to ourselves ten years from now. He said he was tasked with writing a letter to himself the summer after high school and it would be sent to him six months later. So he asked us to join him in a similar exercise. I said I'd be interested in joining in, so here goes: Dear ten years older Mrs. Accountability, Girl, you… Read the rest

Over at Debt Free Adventure, I read a post recently on how Matt sold his motorcycle on Craigslist and how he'd jumped on the first offer for the bike, only to find that a couple calls later someone was offering twice the amount he'd listed it for.   Awwwwwww, bummer.  Since he'd already call the person with the first offer, and said they could have the bike, he was kind of in a spot, but he did the right thing. Reading… Read the rest

March 2008, ah the memories… walk with me down memory lane… On the 1st, I wrote about Paying Off That 14.24% Credit Card, but by the 4th I was embarrassed and humiliated and depressed beyond words since I'd found out that we might have to pay $2000 to the Internal Revenue Service.  This was before we knew about making estimated payments. As it turns out, we ended up having to pay just over $1000.  By the next day I was… Read the rest