My Free Roll of Paper Towels

saving money
Years ago, when I was a stay at home mother, with lots of time on my hands, but little money, I used coupons. I also shopped several different stores, every week, to buy all the sale items. Truth be told, I got burned out on doing that after about five years. And then there was the few years we lived without a vehicle and it wasn't really possible to shop several stores. During that time we did one big shopping… Read the rest

Life Insurance

spending money
This relates to money in a way, since if I die, someone's going to get some money since I pay life insurance. I say “someone” because at the moment my beneficiary is my mother. I am trying to get the beneficiary changed to my husband, but I'm not sure where my policy is at. Therefore, I don't know my policy number. I signed up with Liberty Life Insurance Company at least seven years ago. I moved shortly after that and… Read the rest

Credit Card Report January 2008

CC Reports
Next month I hope to see much less interest on this report as I hope to have the balances transferred to the lower interest rate card within 30 days. In my December 2007 report, I mentioned that the second card is a bit confusing as my sister's cell phone is billed to my credit card. That's changed for this month, as I have switched the payment to deduct from my personal checking account. Nothing is being charged to this credit… Read the rest

Paid Twice’s 0% Interest Credit Card Saga

credit cards
I found a great series by Paid Twice documenting what happened when she moved one of her and her husband's cards to a 0% interest card. It took some digging around to find the whole story, but I think I found all the related posts. Makes me feel a little better to know what someone else has gone through. Thank you, Paid Twice! July 1, 2007: So I applied for another credit card July 2, 2007: Running the numbers –… Read the rest