April 21st, 2013 at 10:00 pm
Every month I get a rebate from a local building supply place. It use to be that they sent me a check every few months. Now, they let me take it directly off of my bill. I always save this rebate and add it to my $20 challenge.
Prev. total $1983.00
today 177.00
new total $2160.00
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April 20th, 2013 at 09:02 pm
I used my Ingles advantage card when I went grocery shopping on Tueaday and I saved $5. I will add that to my $20 challenge.
Prev. total $1978.00
today 5.00
new total $1983.00
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April 13th, 2013 at 09:11 pm
Since I typed my last post the braves have won another game! Good thing I am not putting away $5 for each win; I would be broke.
There is another $1 for the challenge.
Prev. total $1977.00
today 1.00
new total $1978.00
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April 13th, 2013 at 08:36 pm
The Atlanta braves are doing well! They have won their last 7 games, for a total of 8 wins, 1 loss. They came from behind last night to win in overtime, so I add $1 to the challenge.
Prev. total $1976
today 1
new total $1977
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April 11th, 2013 at 05:32 pm
The bradford pear trees are all blooming now and they are so pretty. It is starting to feel like spring.
Had to take dh to the doctor yesterday. He thinks he has gout in his big toe and it is killing him. He got some pills, but they have not helped him yet.
The stock market went up 3 days in a row and the braves won their last two games (8 out of 9 games) so that is $5 to add to the challenge.
Prev. total $1971.00
today 5.00
new total $1976.00
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April 8th, 2013 at 10:47 pm
The braves won again yesterday and I had a no use gas day, so that is $3 more to add to the challenge.
Prev. total $1968.00
today 3.00
new total $1971.00
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April 8th, 2013 at 10:36 pm
I turned in my coins at the bank this morning. A total of $43 to add to the $20 challenge.
Prev. total $1925.00
today 43.00
new total $1968.00
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April 7th, 2013 at 08:14 pm
I hopoe some of you saw the Braves-Cubs game last night. I fell asleep because the braves were behind 5-1. Apparently, the braves scored 3 in the 8th and the score was 5-4.
There are two new brothers playing for the Braves; the Upton brothers.
Brother number one hit a home room in the 9th to ties up the game and brother number two hit a home run in the 9th to win the game. That made the record books! Another 2 games won this week for another $2 in the $20 challenge.
Prev. total $1923.00
today 2.00
new total $1925.00
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April 4th, 2013 at 09:30 pm
I tried out Melrose credit union a few years ago. That is when all the local banks stopped paying 4%. Melrose was offering 2.9% for 5 years, and I took it. I hate to tie money up for 5 years, but in this case it has turned out to be a good thing. I can't even get 1% locally now. They pay interest every quarter and this quarter I earned $1867.00 I wish I could add that to the challenge money!
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April 4th, 2013 at 09:19 pm
Major league baseball has started back this week. I add $1 to the challenge every time the braves win and they won the first two. Now, if I could just keep up with the stock market every day!
Prev. total $1921.00
today 2.00
new total $1923.00
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April 2nd, 2013 at 06:27 pm
I got the interest on my ING account yesterday, which I will add to my $20 challenge. It was $145.
Prev. total $1776.00
today 145.00
new total $$1921.00
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April 2nd, 2013 at 06:22 pm
I got a check in the mail from my Chase credit card It was for $67 which I will add to the challenge.
Prev. total $1709.00
today 67.00
new total $1776.00
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March 22nd, 2013 at 07:31 pm
It is springtime, but it sure is cold here. I wish we would warm up! I got a Tim Horton check in my maill today. Another $37 to add to my $20 challenge.
Prev. total 1672.00
today 37.00
new total $1709.00
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March 21st, 2013 at 07:00 pm
I got a dividend check from wendy's today. It was for $22.00 I will add that to the challenge.
Prev. total $1650.00
today 22.00
new total $1672.00
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March 21st, 2013 at 06:57 pm
I used my Ingles advantage card when I went grocery shopping yesterday. I saved $7 to add to my $20 challenge.
Prev. total $1643.00
today 7.00
new total $1650.00
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March 19th, 2013 at 09:44 pm
I got a builder's discount which I forgot to add to my $20 challenge. It was for $108! I have not added to the challenge in a long time, so I am trying to play catch up.
Prev. total $1535.00
today 108.00
new total $1643.00
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March 19th, 2013 at 09:28 pm
I have not been blogging as much as usual and when that happens, I seem to get behind on money matters. It does not help that I have taken my car to the car dealership in another state 4 times this month.
I got caught up on my $30 a day savings goal and added $46 to week 8 of my 52 week challenge. I am up to $281 on that project!
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March 5th, 2013 at 06:00 pm
I am on week 6 of my 52 week challenge. This week I saved $28 for a grand total of $209 so far.
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March 5th, 2013 at 05:52 pm
I did my grocery shopping today. I saved $4 using my Ingles advantage card, so I am adding that to my $20 challenge.
Prev. total $1531.00
today 4.00
new total $1535.00
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March 1st, 2013 at 09:36 pm
I got $130 in interest in my ING account today to add to the $20 challenge.
Prev. total $1401.00
today 130.00
new total $1531.00
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March 1st, 2013 at 09:34 pm
I got a check from Chase today for $35.00. It will be added to the challenge.
Prev. total $1366.00
today 35.00
new total $1401.00
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February 28th, 2013 at 07:24 pm
My social security check arrived yesterday. As always, I add it to my $20 challenge.
Prev. total $857.00
today 509.00
new total $1366.00
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February 26th, 2013 at 08:29 pm
I add the savings of using my Ingles advantage card to the $20 challenge every week. I shop on Tuesdays, but I missed last week. So I am adding the $10.00 that I saved last week and the $7 today for a total of $17.
Prev. total $840.00
today 17.00
new total $857.00
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February 15th, 2013 at 10:53 pm
I did my grocery shopping this week using my Ingles advantage card as usual. I saved $7 which will be added to my $20 challenge.
Prev. total $833.00
today 7.00
new total $840.00
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February 11th, 2013 at 10:38 pm
I had another no use gas day! That is another $2 to the challenge.
Prev. total $831.00
today 2.00
new total $833.00
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February 9th, 2013 at 07:27 pm
The local building company that we do business with, gives me a rebate every month. They use to send us a check every few months, but now they just deduct it off the bill. I still take the money and add it to the $20 challenge. This month it came to $83. I will take it!
Prev. total $748.00
today 83.00
new total $831.00
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February 7th, 2013 at 09:55 pm
My puppy has chewed thru 3 of her leashes. On Tuesday, I bought 2 more new leashes at Ace. I put one on her yesterday and by this morning she had chewed thru it. ( I might mention that she sleeps in bed with me and I keep the leash on my wrist so she can't fall out of bed at night; she is so little)
I just bought two more leashes and one of them is a chain leash. I feel guilty about that, cause she only weighs 5 pounds and chain is heavy! I don't know what to do.
The stock market went up a little yesterday and I had a no use gas day so $3 to add to the challenge.
Prev. total $745.00
today 3.00
new total $748.00
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February 5th, 2013 at 06:50 pm
I did my grocery shoppping yesterday for a change. I usually do it on Tuesdays but we were OUT of food. I saved $6 using my advantage card which I will add to the $20 challenge.
Prev. total $739.00
today 6.00
new total $745.00
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February 3rd, 2013 at 04:00 pm
Some of you may remember that last year I started a $30 a day challenge. I challenged myself to put away $30 every single day in a canister, depositing the money once or twice a month into savings.
Well, I kept up the challenge until July 19th. That means I saved almost $900 a month for over 6 1/2 months. I had to stop in July because the spec house was done, and dh's paychecks slowed down quite a bit.
Well, we sold the spec house last week, so I decided on Jan 28th (the day of closing)that I would start the $30 a day challenge all over again. Wish me luck!! I am now on day 7!!
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February 2nd, 2013 at 07:33 pm
The weather channel said it would snow today, but I did not believe it. We had faily clear skies this morning. I laid down to take a nap and when I woke up, I was snowed in. Luckily, my dh made it home from work in just the nick of time. Looks like a no use gas day for me today.
Prev. total $737.00
today 2.00
new total $739.00
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