Thanks to everyone who voted, that was fun. I hope you got a little chuckle out of my Valentine’s Day post.

Mr. A told me the story of what happened, and it wasn’t quite that way, but while he was telling me we started thinking of how funny it would be if the store owner had done just that. We laughed and laughed just imagining it, how confused he … click here to continue reading What Really Happened on Valentine’s Day

Recently I got several comments to the post where I hosted the 206th Festival of Frugality.  They were so over the top, I just had to share them with you all today.

Substantially, the post is really the greatest on this deserving topic. I agree with your conclusions and will thirstily look forward to your future updates. Saying thanks will not just be enough, for the wonderful clarity in your writing. … click here to continue reading The Most Phenomenal Commentators with the Clarity and Thirst

Okay, this weekend my blog has deteriorated into the Pioneer Woman fan club that is me, Mrs. Accountability. This is totally a fluff post, and I hope my faithful readers will indulge me. Hardly anyone reads my blog on the weekends anyway, y’all are out busy with your real lives.  But I promised I would share my night, so here you go. I promise on Monday we’ll get back to … click here to continue reading Meeting Pioneer Woman at Changing Hands Bookstore in Tempe, Arizona

CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED. THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN A FEW DAYS.

Giveaway at Out of Debt Again!  I’m offering a beautiful and very special cookbook to one of my visitors and it has been signed personally by the author, Ree Drummond of The Pioneer Woman Cooks! I have been reading Pioneer Woman’s blog for over two years and when I saw that … click here to continue reading I Got To Meet Pioneer Woman Last Night! Enter to Win a Cookbook!

I ordered three cookbooks, one for me, one for AJ and one for my boss for a Christmas present from Amazon.com. I was so excited to see they had arrived! Two boxes.  I picked up the one, opened it up and looked inside. Pulled out the plastic bags of air and thought I saw two cookbooks.  I assumed the second box had only one cookbook. So I walked back over … click here to continue reading I Received a Duplicate Shipment from Amazon

Last Monday I asked if my readers had anything to ask, so here are the answers.

Mrs. Gardener asked how my garden was doing. It’s coming along, here let me show you a picture of the delicious baby greens that are doing wonderfully. I’ve already harvested one bunch of radishes, too!  I’m going to plant peas this weekend, and a few more things. Lettuce is definitely on the list.

Baby Greens: … click here to continue reading Answers to Mrs. A’s Q&A

I didn’t mean to!  I bought a new pencil since the old one had just a nub left in the tip. I prefer the kind that you twist and the eye liner moves up into position, as opposed to the old fashioned pencil types that you have to sharpen.  I haven’t found one of those that go on as smoothly as the twist type.  I’d also replaced my mascara, since … click here to continue reading I Threw Away My Eyeliner!

This is why I’m so danged paranoid about taking our checking account down to under $200.  Last weekend, our checking account showed that we had over $3000.  I paid some bills, made some credit card payments and took it down to $295.28.

I wasn’t sure if a payment was due for Mr. A’s COBRA; I wasn’t sure if last month was the last payment, or this month. A call on Monday … click here to continue reading Oh Shoot! Overdrafted Our Checking!