For years I avoided purchasing a Costco membership. I’m not sure why, although living below poverty level for many years was probably a factor. However, now that we have more money to work with, it makes sense to have a membership there, and I’m learning more and more how to save money by shopping [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]
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 [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]
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 [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]
Last week there was an event at my job and I needed to dress up.
Well… if you’ve been keeping up with the goings on here at Out of Debt Again, it just so happens about 16 months ago I went through my closet in a mad fit, determined to donate all the clothes [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]
I’ve been driving around with two boxes of clothing and one box of paperback books in my vehicle, planning to stop at Savers or Goodwill. Today I was in the area of Children’s Angel Foundation Thrift & Boutique, a thrift store I’ve been wanting to visit for at least two years. I’ve always been [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]
Since I’m feeling better physically, I’m finding I have more energy and I’m planning to start exercising on my Total Gym 1700 Club starting in July. I got my bedroom cleaned up and decluttered enough to bring the workout machine from my bathroom where it has resided for the past year, but I can’t [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]
The other day I was thinking about a couple of things I’ve been wanting to buy. And I realized that living so far away from the big city probably helps to keep my impulse buying to a minimum. Sure I could jump in my car and drive 30 miles to buy what I’m hankering [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]
CJ Bowker’s recent shoddy customer service experience at Verizon reminded me of one that Mr. A had last week.
There’s an auto parts place in Phoenix known for pinching pennies. Mr. A likes to buy auto parts there sometimes because they are significantly cheaper than the other stores, Autozone and Checker Auto.
Kacie over at Sense to Save is teaching herself how to bake, and recently asked in a blog post Can a $9 bag of flour be frugal? My short answer to that is yes. When you consider bread is $2 to $5 a loaf, you can make several loaves with a five pound bag [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]
Today SVB at The Digerati Life has been kind enough to feature me as a guest blogger with my post Guide To Sewing Buttons: How To Sew On A Button Correctly. My tutorial has instructions, plus photos. Go on over and check it out, take a look around SVB’s blog and subscribe to her [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]
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