Category Archives: spending money

Merry Christmas 2008!

spending money
Merry, Merry Christmas!! Congratulations to Kacie over at Sense to Save who has a newborn baby boy born on Saturday the 20th! Nearly an entire year has gone by, it's hard to believe. I also can't believe how fast Christmas swooped in on me. It always gets here before I know it, every single year. Our Christmas this year will be very low key and frugal. From what I estimate, we'll be spending less than a total of $100 on… Read the rest

New Business Truck

spending money
Mr. A's work truck is a Ford F150, I can never remember the year on it but I think it's a 1987. It broke down again on Thursday. I finally got him and AJ put on my AAA towing service account. AAA is pretty cool in that they will add other people onto your account and prorate the account, so it only cost me $40 to have them added. We don't get the basic plan, since being towed five miles… Read the rest

Gas Dropping and why I like QT

business tips, spending money
On November 2nd, I paid $2.39 for unleaded. By November 19th, it had dropped by thirty-five cents, to $2.04. The next day, on the 20th, when I saw it was down under two dollars a gallon, I just had to stop and fill up my tank in celebration. For a while there, I was having to budget $638.00 just for my drive to work, and church on Sunday and Wednesday night. At $1.99/gallon, my monthly budget for gasoline has mercifully… Read the rest

Busy Week

Just Stuff, spending money
It's been a very busy week and the weekend is proving to be even busier. Our church is hosting our first annual conference and I'm helping out in various areas. We'll be attending several teachings throughout the day, and tomorrow morning. Thankfully the conference is just 40 miles from where we live so there isn't too much expense involved (aside from gas which thankfully has gone down to $2.45 per gallon). We've had some more expenses this week, Mr. A's… Read the rest