Category Archives: spending money

Do You Do Routine Maintenance on your Vehicle?

When I got my 6 year old Nissan Pathfinder in 2002, it was beautiful. It still cleans up nicely and no one can believe it's 13 years old. Anyway, it was the first vehicle I'd ever owned that I actually considering doing routine maintenance on. You know, the schedule that tells you when to change this and when to replace that? I had my credit union help me locate my vehicle and I discovered the original owner left identifying information… Read the rest

I Have To Go To The Dentist

I should really go to the dentist more often, but I just can't bring myself to do it as often as my insurance plan allows which is one a year. My dentist told me at my last visit two or was it three? years ago that one of my molars needs a crown. He told me he'd told me at my previous visit, but I had no recollection of that conversation. The receptionist had me sign a paper indicating that… Read the rest

Make Your Own Bath Salts

Making your bath salts is really simple. Equal parts Dead Sea Salts and Epsom Salts. Check the Saltworks site for more information on using Dead Sea Salts. They recommend a warm bath, as opposed to a hot bath. Epsom salts is good for sprains, strains, bruising, and sore muscles. Not to mention the magnesium that your body will absorb. The magnesium sulfate alleviates soreness, pain and sore muscles and joints by reacting with the lactic acid in our joints and… Read the rest

Target 90% Off – The Countdown Begins

My FAVORITE shopping day of the year. The day that Target marks its Christmas inventory down to 90%. This means WE pay only 10% of the retail cost. Imagine getting 40 beautiful, high quality Christmas cards for $1.49 – instead of $14.99! Thick rolls of wrapping paper for $0.34 instead of $3.49. Bows and ribbons for $0.49 instead of $4.99. Just thinking about it makes me giddy!! And I'm not typically a shopper!! And here's the best part of all… Read the rest