Thanks crazyliblady
January 31st, 2009 at 03:44 pmA big thank you to crazyliblady for the prilosec ( and other) coupons you sent me. I got them yesterday and will put them to good use.
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Archive for January, 2009Thanks crazylibladyJanuary 31st, 2009 at 03:44 pmA big thank you to crazyliblady for the prilosec ( and other) coupons you sent me. I got them yesterday and will put them to good use. $20 challengeJanuary 30th, 2009 at 05:13 pmI haven't posted for a while, but I am still on the $20 challenge. Got a deal on prilosec.January 23rd, 2009 at 08:19 pmMy husband has to take prilosec daily or he gets heartburn. We use to have to pay $120 a month for 30 pills. Now that it is over the counter, we pay $30 for 42 pills. Today, they had it on sale for $25 and I had a $3 off coupon. So, I saved $8 today to add to my challenge money. jumbo c.d. coming dueJanuary 23rd, 2009 at 02:59 pmI have a jumbo CD coming due tomorrow. I was getting 4.8% interest, so I was going to call around on Monday to see what the other local banks are paying. Interest earnedJanuary 22nd, 2009 at 03:38 pmAs I have mentioned before, last summer, I opened 3 new accounts at my local bank. They are all actually checking accounts, but they pay 3.19 % interest. I use one for my business account ( for the bills dh occurs while building houses), one for my personal bills and one used as a savings account. I hope I haven't hurt the economy!!January 21st, 2009 at 08:09 pmBetween the Barrett Jackson car auction (6 nights) and the snow we have been having, I have eaten at home for 9 out of 10 nights. I hope my favorite restaurant doesn't close. We eat out almost every night except Sunday nights. (nothing open here) I feel like I should have saved a lot of money, but I have also been doing a lot of grocery shopping. We had planned on going out last night for dinner, but at 5:30, it snowed again and I do not like driving in snow. So, we ate in. Victory!January 20th, 2009 at 10:15 pmToday was a small victory! My dh stands all day and his feet bother him. He has to have very good tennis shoes to work in, and he wears them out quickly. He needs a new pair about every 6 month. Interesting inauguration tidbit!January 20th, 2009 at 02:46 pmToday is inauguration day. The president who gave the longest inauguration speech was William Henry Harrison. He refused to wear a hat or a coat and he gave a two hour speech. NSDJanuary 19th, 2009 at 06:51 pmToday will be a no spend day for sure. It started snowing lightly this morning and they are calling for a winter storm advisory starting at 4 pm. So, we called off the bridge game at my house and I will be sitting home today and tonight. They are calling for snow again tomorrow. DH went into work this morning, but I have asked him to come home early cause he has a long way to drive. (He is building in another state) Finally, the sun is peaking thru!January 18th, 2009 at 09:02 pmAfter several gloomy days, the sun is peaking thru today. we did have snow yesterday and they are calling for more for Monday and Tuesday. Six out of seven!!January 18th, 2009 at 02:47 pmThis week has been unusual. We have stayed home six out of seven nights. We usually eat out almost every night. The car auction has been on, so we stayed home to watch that. I thought we would probably go out last night, but then it started snowing. So, we stayed home and ate pancakes. The funny thing is, we have really not saved that much money by staying home. One night we had KFC and another night we made home made pizza. We usually spend about $17 for a meal out for two (we take our own drinks) and these two meals cost almost as much. Plus the fact that we have to use the oven, clean up the kitchen and run the dishwasher. Birthday lunch!!January 17th, 2009 at 05:38 pmA friend of mine took me out to lunch yesterday. She called it my birthday lunch even tho my birthday was in November. So, I got a very nice, free lunch and have the leftovers for today. It is still terribly cold, so I think I will spend the day staying home and spending no money. Baby, it's cold outside!!January 16th, 2009 at 03:13 pmWhen i got up this morning, it was 5 degrees outside. I live in Georgia!! I didn't even want to take the dog out to potty, but I did!! Barrett Jackson!!January 15th, 2009 at 04:12 pmDoes anyone else watch the Barrett Jackson car auction? My dh loves it!! It is on from last Tuesday night until sunday afternoon. I am saving money cause we are not going out to eat the last few nights. Just ordered my free couponJanuary 14th, 2009 at 08:22 pmfor a free bottle of suave shampoo. DH uses it all the time anyway! I had a no use gas yesterday plus won 3 games of mah jong, so I have $5 to add to my challenge money. $28 interest!!January 14th, 2009 at 03:28 pmLast summer, my bank offered checking accounts for 3.19% interest with a $1000 minimum. So, I changed all my accounts over to these 3.19% checkings. I opened one for business checking, one for personal checking and one for savings checking. My blog anniversary!!January 13th, 2009 at 05:17 pmToday is my blog anniversary. I have been on this site for 3 years today and have enjoyed it a lot! I think I will add $10 to my $20 challenge to celebrate! That will get me over $1300 and 13 is my lucky number. Funny, I never thought about it, but I started this blog on the 13th too! Played bridge todayJanuary 13th, 2009 at 12:08 amFor the first time in about 6 weeks, we played bridge, so it was a NSD for me. It was a lot of fun even tho I never got over 12 points in one hand. You need 13 or 14 to open. I guess I will close my Umbrella accountJanuary 11th, 2009 at 05:21 pmUmbrella bank pays their pot of gold accounts interest on the 10th, so I went online to look mine up. The interest went down for the month even tho it had 31 days in it. Lost check arrivesJanuary 10th, 2009 at 03:40 pmI got my check from Pinecone yesterday. It was mailed on Dec. 15th and never showed up, so they issued me a new one. It was nice of them to go to so much trouble for a $3 check. Sending it back!!January 9th, 2009 at 03:57 pmMy dh is a builder and always seems to be building a house without heat in the dead of winter. He has a propane heater that costs him $10-15 a day to buy the propane to run it. Happy birthday Elvis!!January 8th, 2009 at 03:39 pmToday is elvis' birthday. I just watched his aloha video the other night from 1973. Boy, he could sing! The stock market went up on tuesday and I had two no use gas days in a row, so I am going to add $5 to my challenge money. Money can't always buy happiness.January 7th, 2009 at 04:38 pmI read yesterday that the world's 94th richest man, committed suicide. He threw himself in front of a train. apparently he had business dealings and had lost millions of dollars. I believe this was over in Germany. How sad. It's really raining!!January 6th, 2009 at 04:44 pmAnd it is so good to see. The state of Georgia has been in a drought for a year. Finally, the creek behind the house is filling up. Today will just be a good day to stay home and fold laundry. So it will be a no spend, no use gas day for me today. I have $50 from my aarp envelope to add to my $20 challenge today. Catching up!January 5th, 2009 at 08:33 pmWell, the last two stock market days have been up ($2) and I also had two no drive days in a row. ($4) so, I am adding $6 to my $20 challenge today. pineconeJanuary 4th, 2009 at 09:09 pmI did a pinecone survey about 2 1/2 weeks ago but never received my check. Just for the heck of it, I e mailed pinecone and told them about it. ( I figured it got lost in all that christmas mail) I got an email back today saying that they will reissue me a new check. I just wanted to let you all know that in case it happens to you. redoing the envelopes!January 4th, 2009 at 06:40 pmI have decided to check out my envelopes today. I have been doing my budget using the envelope system for over 40 years and it always works for me. Mostly because I never borrow from any of the envelopes. Of course, sometimes extra cash builds up in these envelopes. I am going to add this to my challenge money. Chase reward check!January 4th, 2009 at 05:28 pmI received a $50 check from my chase mastercard yesterday. That makes a total of $700 that I received from Chase in 2008. Of course, it gets added to the $20 challenge. Grocery shopping.January 3rd, 2009 at 06:44 pmI went grocery shopping first thing this morning. It was nice and quiet there early in the morning. I bought a couple of things on sale and saved over $5 using my advantage card. So, I will add that to my $20 challenge. I watched suze Orman last night.January 3rd, 2009 at 03:54 pmSuze is usually not on Friday nights, but she was last night. She was giving advice to a lady in serious debt.
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