If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’ve been saving up some “Fun Money” for myself for a while now.  This usually consists of blog income, advertising income, etc that I split 50/50 - half for myself and half to send to credit cards.  I was able [...]

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Oh my goodness.  I’ve been so preoccupied with work and school and other household-type stuff that I’m finding it hard to write as often as I would like.  However, here are some financial highlights as of late:

I’ve started a “fun money” fund where I can stash some cash here and there so that when I’m [...]

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First of all, I’ve totally been slacking on the Friday Roundup front…seems like the week flies by and I have a list of great links and then Friday comes and goes and I forget to post ‘em.  I’m so bad…but I HAVE been good at commenting on the sites I read, so that’s something at [...]

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I’ve stopped buying the Sunday papers for the past month or so.  I found that I was buying things I didn’t necessarily need, and then feeling guilty if I didn’t use the coupons I clipped.  So for the past month I haven’t bought the Sunday paper and I’ve been shopping without the use of coupons.  [...]

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The past few weeks I’ve noticed that I’ve gained a bit of weight despite the fact that my eating habits haven’t really changed.  It finally dawned on me to look up the side effects of the new(er) medication I was put on, and apparently it causes major weight gain in short periods of time (it’s [...]

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Meijer has some good deals this week on grocery and health and beauty items.  Just gonna do a quick run down because I was excited about these deals!

2 L’Oreal face cleansers B1G1 free = 5.99
2 L’Oreal TruMatch foundation B1G1 free = 8.94
2 plain white long sleeved tees (for work) = 7.98

Ended up paying $21.54 for [...]

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I made a trip to Sam’s Club yesterday to pick up some stuff in bulk.  We usually use our membership mainly to get good deals on meat, but this time I picked up quite a few different items.  Since I’ve decided to make homemade pizza once a week (so cheap compared to ordering in and [...]

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Went through all my coupons last night and decided to go use a majority of them (like the amazing Kraft ones where you can buy 3 packs of Kool Aid and get free cheese, hot dogs, Crystal Light, salad dressing and Wheat Thins).  Here’s the breakdown of categories of spending:

Household - $22.25
Beer - $16.29
Pet Supplies [...]

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* As you read this I am probably on my way to Chicago with my husband, where we will be for a week while he helps out there for his company because they are shorthanded.  I will still have internet access (and most of the day spent in the hotel w/o a vehicle), so still [...]

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So one of my August goals was to spend $80 or less at Sam’s Club.  We don’t go to Sam’s Club all too often.  In fact, I don’t think we’ve been there for about 2-3 months.  Granted, I’m cooking at home a lot more now, so I go through more meat and stuff (which is [...]

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