Category Archives: Money

Deeper Into Debt Because Of Child Support

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We're going deeper into debt. I knew it was going to happen… The money is going to pay child support that my husband owes me.  We remarried but there was outstanding child support owed to the state so we are now both responsible for it. I forgave the amount that I could, but there is still several thousand that we have to pay. Here's what our debt looks like as of February 23, 2008: Yesterday I called two lawyers that… Read the rest

Flushing Money Down The Drain

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In this post I'm going to do a cost analysis on Costco toilet paper vs. my long time favorite ScotTissue toilet paper. Everyone uses toilet paper, unless you're extremely frugal and then you might use cloth toilet paper also known as family cloth. I have to admit when I first heard about family cloth I was a little squicked out, but then I thought it might save quite a bit on toilet paper if you only used it for number… Read the rest

Helping Family Out Financially

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I've mentioned my sister's phone bill being charged to me a couple of times on this blog. Here's the skinny on that particular scenario. The main problem is my sister has really bad credit, and when she wanted to get a cell phone for business purposes back in 2001, she asked if I would get the phone for her in my name, and she'd pay the bill. I agreed to do that for her. I acknowledge that part of the… Read the rest

My Auto Insurance Savings

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One of the offers through MyPoints.com recently was NetQuote. It came via an email offer. I clicked on it, and noticed I could get a 1000 point bonus if I signed up for a quote, and none of the offers could beat my current insurance. In 2005, being the only driver on my 9 year old vehicle, the cost was $401 for six months. At that time we had 21st Century Auto Insurance. In 2006, when it came time to… Read the rest