I love getting gift cards, because then I can buy myself anything I want. On the other hand, I hate gift cards because I tend to want to hold onto them until I really need something from that particular store. It’s also sometimes hard to find the time to go shopping there.

My mother in law gave me a gift card (over a year ago!) that someone had given her for … click here to continue reading My Love/Hate Relationship with Gift Cards

I don’t get a chance to go to Joann’s very often because it’s in town and I live out in the boonies.  I do work in town though, and pass by one Joann’s on the way to and from work. But I never want to get off the freeway and stop, and besides I might do some impulse shopping. I have plenty of yarn in my stash to keep me … click here to continue reading I Walked Out of Joann’s Without Spending a Dime – Twice!

I talked with Mr. A the other morning about using his INGDirect account to hold our budgeted savings. He asked why would I want to use ING rather than our regular savings, and he also wondered since they are only available online, what are their interest rates. He said if they don’t have the overhead of a brick and mortar building, they should be able to make up for it … click here to continue reading INGDirect Sub-Accounts Savings

My health insurance provider contracts with Prescription Solutions for its prescription drug benefits.  I am on a prescription medication to control my asthma, and Prescription Solutions allows me to order a three month supply at one time.  I love this service for two reasons: it saves me time, and money. My co-pay is $20, and I only have to pay for two of the refills.   If I refill through a … click here to continue reading Prescription Solutions: Get Your Medical Prescriptions Cheaper

Money Management tweeted about a site which lists discount grocery stores by state and then blogged about some of the savings she’d found. Just a few days earlier my boss told me we were running low on the commercial hand soap I’d found at American Discount Foods the last time I shopped there so a couple of weeks ago Mr. A and I decided to stop by and check them … click here to continue reading We Found Some New Toilet Paper

I was able to stop by a “ranch” produce market on Monday afternoon, and quite surprised to see that most of the vegetables and fruits were product of the USA. It is common in Arizona to see that a lot of our produce comes from Mexico.

Here’s what I found:

$2.99 – 4 pounds red grapes
$1.35 – 8 zucchini squash (3.97# @ $0.34/#)
$1.00 – 2 bunches radishes
$1.00 – 2 small … click here to continue reading A Week’s Worth of Veggies for $15

About three or four or maybe even five years ago, I had to stop using the air on my Pathfinder on the high setting otherwise it would make a weird whirring noise. Whatever it was doing, I was afraid it would break if I kept running it on high, so I never took it past medium after that.

A couple of weeks ago, after Mr. A fixed my air conditioner, it … click here to continue reading More Love of my Car’s AC

On September 5th last year we signed up for our current broadband Internet connection.  Previously we were paying $69.99 per month and $55 for our land line.  This new service offered VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) and a much faster connection for $59.99 a month (see the previous post for speed tests), so we canceled the old Internet and our regular land line.  AJ and I are the ones on … click here to continue reading My Long Lost Kill-A-Watt Finally Found!

Yesterday morning was hair cutting day around the Accountability household.  Big A has alopecia, so he has been bald several years. Actually, he started losing his hair in chunks when he was two years old, and he now is dead certain that I shaved off his hair and that’s why he’s bald. He at times will get very upset with me over the fact that I took his hair.  On … click here to continue reading Learn to Cut Hair – Save Money

$25 Gift Certificates for TWO DOLLARS, offer good until August 13th, 2009 at Ebates! First you have to be a member of Ebates. If you aren’t a member already, please click on my link to sign up under me. We’ll each earn $5 dollars. Next, click on this link and scroll down to the second offer where it says, ”
Description: 80% off any order – $25 Gift Certificates … click here to continue reading $25 Restaurant Gift Certificates for $2