Spending Less

Catching up

spender — Wed, 03 Jan 2007 02:17:20 GMT

Now with the New Year here and the holidays behind us, it is time to get all caught up on things and back into a normal rythym. I love the holidays, but everything just seems to get out of whack around then, so it nice when some sense of normalcy returns....(read more)

Merry Christmas!

spender — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:05:00 GMT

Merry Christmas to all out there in personal finance land! God bless you all! As for my wife and I, we got to spend out Christmas sick with strep. My wife is a pre-school teacher and strep has been going around school. She had a cold part of last week,...(read more)

Update on the move

spender — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 18:54:02 GMT

Finally have some good news on the housing front... we are moving on January 20th! My wife and I had gone to look at a couple of houses that were available for rent and the last one we went to we absolutely fell in love with it. It was perfect. Great...(read more)

Some companies will never get it

spender — Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:34:00 GMT

Come across this article regarding how Craigslist isn't interesting in maximizing profits, but are focusing on the customer experience. It is amazing how many people don't get it. One thing that kind of bothered me is someone called Jim Buckmaster...(read more)

Tip for Christmas Gifts for Bosses on a Budget

spender — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 22:51:10 GMT

As a part of my Christmas shopping, I always like to get something to give to my bosses and other people at work who I regularly deal with at work. I don't normally get stuff for others on my own team at work, but I like to for other people who I regularly...(read more)

Neighbors from hell, part deux

spender — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 02:56:27 GMT

A while ago, I'd mentioned some problems our neighbors downstairs. Seems the drama continues. We've been in this apartment for a year and a half, and most of the time, we haven't had much of a problem. Some of the people around us smoke, and it can come...(read more)

November 2006 Networth

spender — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 21:57:00 GMT

I was not looking forward to compiling our networth stats this month because I knew they were going to be bad. This is the first time we've had a somewhat indulgent month since tracking our networth, so now I can see how much of an effect they have...(read more)

Two steps forward, three steps way back

spender — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 03:38:53 GMT

Unfortunately, looking over this month's current progress, it looks like we're taking a major step back in our debt progress. Despite our payments, it looks like we will be adding on about $2,800 of credit card debt. Several things have been going on...(read more)

iTunes money pit

spender — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 20:37:07 GMT

Found this post about a guy who ran up an tab from 8,000 downloads on iTunes (via Get Rich Slowly ). That is one reason I consider iTunes to be evil. I had recently turned my wife onto iTunes and set her up on my account. Every time she made a purchase,...(read more)

Expensive car repair

spender — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 21:38:00 GMT

On Monday, I had taken my wife's car in because it had been leaking oil. Ended up being caused by a crack in the oil sending unit, just above the oil filter. Though while it was there, I also had them do the 60k tune-up on the car and also replaced...(read more)

October 2006 Networth

spender — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:26:00 GMT

It has been a busy month, especially the last two weeks. Now that October is over, welcome to the holiday season! Probably the most expensive time of the year. But, we are confident that we are in a much better position now than we were a year ago, so...(read more)

Paying for things you only think you need

spender — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 02:53:00 GMT

Lately, I've been looking for some ways to trim our expenses a little here and there. I was mainly thinking of canceling my Netflix subscription, and my Vonage phone service. I don't use Netflix much anymore since the new TV seasons have started,...(read more)

Non paying Ebayers suck

spender — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 17:39:07 GMT

In order to help get some more funds for our debt reduction, I've been planning on selling some stuff that I don't really need on Ebay. Last week, I posted the first item. I decided to only do one to keep it simple, and it was going to be a nice ~$400....(read more)

Paid off another card!

spender — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:55:29 GMT

Today, I submitted the payment for the remaining balance on my Chase credit card! It felt good to select the option for "Pay current balance" instead of "Pay current minimum" or "Pay other amount" and enter in some small fraction of the balance. This...(read more)

Fell a day behind in my blog reading

spender — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 04:00:32 GMT

I fell behind a day on reading new posts, and after my earlier post about mortgage tax savings, I find that yesterday, JLP at AllFinancialMatters posted a tidbit on mortgage deduction and taxes ....(read more)