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Would It Be OK If I Said I Was Scared?

I’m scared. Simple as that.

My tendency has always been to “not worry” too much about price increases on items (gas, electric, etc), but for some reason I have suddenly gotten scared. Gas prices are scaring me. It makes me want to hang on to any money I get right now. It […]

Starbucks 7 Days a Week

Before I started to become aware that they way I was spending my money and going into debt was affecting my life, I went to Starbucks every day…EVERY DAY!  I spent $4.32 every day on a Grande Caramel Macchiatto Extra Hot, Extra Foam.  Doing the math, I realize now that I was making the equivilent […]

Making Extra Money

Last Thursday I did a taste test for a well-known pizza company - they said the taste test would take two hours and that they would pay me $50 cash.
Good news:  I made $50 and it only took 45 minutes - and I got free food!
$50 more to use to get out of debt!  (By […]

I Finished My Taxes - FREEDOM!

This day should go down in  history!  I actually finished my taxes on time - before April 15th!  I even efiled and the IRS accepted it - so it is official!
I don’t think I have file a tax return on time in the last 10 years!  Mostly because of odd job and businesses along the […]

Money, Debt, and Rock Bottom

Rock bottom - what is it? Where is it? How do you know how close you are to it so you can finally get around to making some changes. We here all the time about how people have to hit rock bottom before they stop drinking, stop smoking, lose weight, leave an […]

Student Loans and Getting Rid of the Sorry Suckers!

Student Loans…that’s a BAD word!  My husband started college in 1983 and took out student loans for nearly a decade.  Back in the day (a long time ago), we did not have those consolidated student loan.  I believe at one point we probably had about seven different student loans with payments totaling $900 per month […]

What’s the Point? Working Extra

Does it ever seem like every time you get a little extra money that you never get to use it for what you planned? I’m trying to pay off debt and I have been trying to get overtime and find extra things to do to earn some cash, right? So last Friday I get the […]