The Eight Little Pigs – Festival of Frugality #130

Carnivals
Welcome to the 130th Edition of the Festival of Frugality! Thanks to the Festival of Frugality allowing me the honor of hosting here at Out of Debt Again. Oh my goodness, there are so many great posts this week! Thank you to everyone who submitted. I loved reading through all the entries but narrowed these down for my editor's picks. To Be Debt Free presents CVS Extra Care Bucks. I'm kind of in the same boat as To Be Debt… Read the rest

Mr. A Finds Dimes

My Two Cents
Apparently there's some weird phenomenon about finding dimes. When Mr. A and I run errands together, and sometimes we go to three or four stores in one day, almost every single store we go to, every single time, he finds a dime. I have found a dime or quarter or penny every once in a while, but it's almost freaky how he's always finding dimes. Here is a blog where the writer describes every dime finding event in detail: Finding… Read the rest

Featured on MSN Money! My Friend Mortgaged Her Condo

Carnivals
I've been missing in action the past week or so! I had that training conference to attend and in the days before I was preparing for the three days away from home, packing and getting everything lined up so I could be away without leaving my family in too much of a lurch and was so busy that I didn't have time to spend on this blog. Today our boys took Mr. A out for bowling and to see The… Read the rest

My Very First Snowflake!

Snowflaking
I sat down this weekend and figured out where we are financially. I've been trying to do this each evening, but there weren't any receipts to enter for several evenings! Poor Mr. A got bit by a spider on the neck, head and arm last weekend and he was in bed sick for three days. He didn't get out much on the other days, so amazingly there were not many gasoline or grocery receipts! 🙂 Of course that means he… Read the rest