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From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 28, 2021 at 11:41 am ET
I’ve updated “Our Debt” page with February’s figures. The trend seems to be consistency with paying off debt. Since I started tracking all our expenses in September, we have increased debt almost 3%. That seems ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 27, 2021 at 7:41 pm ET
The last 24 hours have been tough. As I was locking up my file cabinets and straightening my desk yesterday before leaving work, my cell phone rang and a number displayed that I didn’t recognize. ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 26, 2021 at 10:49 am ET
My first half of February sales on Half.com was deposited this morning. I had $49.97 in sales, although my profit wasn’t that great since my husband mailed several packages priority instead of media mail. However, ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 25, 2021 at 1:48 pm ET
I’ve updated my BSoD goals and established my March goals. I have also been updating daily the Challenges page with my progress on not spending money on eating out or purchasing snacks/drinks when I am ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 24, 2021 at 9:29 pm ET
I was checking my lovely Bank of America credit card account online tonight. The statement usually comes out about this time every month. I was shocked to find that the minimum payment this ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 23, 2021 at 1:16 pm ET
When I woke up this morning, my female Lab was in the bed with us. She got up after I did, and I could tell that she didn’t feel good. Her eyes were really weak, ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 22, 2021 at 9:02 pm ET
Back in November, I wrote about the low, or what I consider low, FICO score that I had with Equifax. That was really a depressing discovery because I always prided myself on my good credit ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 22, 2021 at 1:13 pm ET
that I will never be a good grocery shopper.
While everyone was gathering at the front of the office to determine who is driving to lunch, I heard my name. I grabbed my pocketbook and snuck ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 21, 2021 at 8:08 pm ET
I’m leaving my part-time job in about 5 minutes, going straight home, and haven’t spent a dime on food. It’s probably a good thing, because I have to get gas on the way home and ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 21, 2021 at 2:36 pm ET
The payment from my eBay sale finally cleared PayPal today, so CC#4 will be history next week. My snowball payment will now be $165, and I expect CC#5 to be gone by no later than ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 20, 2021 at 12:28 am ET
I have joined the challenge from Krystal at Give Me My Five Bucks Back not to spend any money out of my pocket for lunch, snacks, or drinks. Her challenge is from 9-5 M-F. But since ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 19, 2021 at 11:42 pm ET
I’ve been tagged by RacerX. These memes are still pretty new to me, but here is the gist of the tag in the eloquent words of RacerX.
Oh…and if anyone has any clues on how I ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 19, 2021 at 4:03 pm ET
Well you know, We all want to get out of debt.
I took a little liberty there with the Beatles’ lyrics. But “Revolution” was playing in my head as I was reading Paid Twice’s post on ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 18, 2021 at 10:24 pm ET
My husband has been giving me heck the last two years because I have been approaching 40 faster than a speeding bullet. I’ve gotten pretty good at ignoring his jabs. However, the last few weeks ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 16, 2021 at 8:25 pm ET
Sold one of my items today on eBay for $275. I owe selling fees of about $65 from the last month. After PayPal fees, I should net about $200. Once the eCheck clears my PayPal ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 15, 2021 at 9:07 pm ET
I’ve got two high-priced items on eBay right now. If both sell like I think they will, we should make about $500. I need to pay my eBay selling fees from the last month and ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 13, 2021 at 8:49 pm ET
I would like to have suggestions on a PF book to read (anything but Dave Ramsey since I have most of his stuff already). Of course, I’m not ready for those that instruct me on ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 13, 2021 at 7:50 pm ET
And, it didn’t cost us a dime…except for a new battery and an oil change.
A little back-story from 1998…I had a ‘94 Chevy Cavalier that had just been paid off about a month when I ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 11, 2021 at 12:27 pm ET
That was a really long post title, but I had to type it out to get the frustration out. I sold three books over the weekend and I had one that was returned that I ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 10, 2021 at 10:02 pm ET
Yeah, I know it’s February 10, but I have been in a “financial coma” the last couple of weeks and not trying to think about my finances.
As I catch up on the inflows and outflows ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 10, 2021 at 7:15 pm ET
Right or wrong, Hubby’s only role in our finances over the past six years is to make money and then to spend it. There was no budgeting, no keeping track of what we spend, no ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 9, 2021 at 1:06 pm ET
Most everyone will say that student loans are the “good kind of debt.” It’s an investment on your future that will, hopefully, have some return on the investment. I think that’s a true statement, that ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogFebruary 7, 2021 at 9:36 am ET
I was sitting at the dining room table last week with my laptop tweeking our budget, working on charts (since I’m a very visual person and like working with charts), doing my fancy formulas, pivot tables and ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 29, 2021 at 8:59 am ET
and the Taxman cometh.
Hubby’s bonus check was deposited today. As I expected, a good portion was taken out in taxes, 38% to be exact. But, we now have $1795.24 that we did not have yesterday.
We ... ( more)
From The Bright Side of Debt - view blog entries - visit this blogJanuary 27, 2021 at 10:54 am ET
Well, probably not since they don’t know what credit cards are. All they are concerned about are belly scratches, eating, pooping, trip-trips, treat-treats and sleeping.
In the mail yesterday, our oldest Labrador Retriever, Reggie, received a ... ( more)
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