Eyes Closed

Do you close your eyes and think about your life? Do you think about how other people seem to have it all together? Think about where you always thought your life would be by now? I feel bad because I do have many things to be happy about and I am blessed. But sometimes my [...]

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Ah…

(I’ve been doing this post update every few weeks, in between posts I write my thoughts/struggles each day in note format, this seems the most readable way to do this) back to craving oreos, really I think they need to make an oreo detox for me, I am seriously addicted oh and Dr.Pepper too- so [...]

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they started to fight when the money got tight

this song was in my head when I was thinking of this post: Here are my notes on my debt journey the past few weeks, can I just say that I wish I was marrying a prince this week- just for the cash, jewels & castles, not the companionship since my hubby is my soul [...]

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Have I changed my habits….

So at a review of our debt at year end last year, my husband told me that instead of it going down it went up from Oct to Jan- ok hello, husband dear that’s called the holidays and we do have kids.  Now before all the hard core debt deleters out there freak out and [...]

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Wish I had Mo Money

So it’s been awhile since I wrote about this.  I wish I could be like all those other blogs and be like oh wow, extra cash at work, bonus money and debt is slowly going down.  But I am human and I am weak when it comes to shopping, especially for my kids or buying [...]

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Pay with card

I used to be a super efficient budgeter/spender.  I would use cash everywhere.  I never had a debit card and one credit card.  Then I moved abroad, my apartment got broken into a few times and my location was more adaptable for using your debit card.  I never looked back.  Now it’s what I use [...]

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Yes, that $ does burn a hole in my pocket

I got a nice bonus yesterday.  Some unexpected money.  But with money comes responsibilty, right?  But all I can think is wow I could just go to TJ Maxx and have a look around oh or maybe I could go to Ollie’s and look around, not buy much maybe $40.  But I know that if [...]

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Christmas $

So not much to say this week.  I didn’t have any extras that I bought or even food.  Today was spent more than our budget because there is a snowstorm and we panick if we think we won’t be able to get some snacks or something until noon tomorrow if we run out !  Tonight [...]

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Fee Fee

Wow so this week, I had lots of overdraft fees.  Six to be exact, yes that’s super embarrassing.  My husband wrote a check, that cleared the day before I got paid and some checks I wrote months ago cleared.  So there I was paying the piper.  And I was mad.  And I didn’t tell my [...]

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I wish I could

  Wow another week of thinking about debt and diets. Again groceries did me in.  I was over $160 on the weekly shopping trip and then yesterday we went to a store that sells bulk ingredients and I spent $90 that was not accounted for.  I was reading an article today on yahoo about feeding [...]

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