Month: October 2007

Tracking my Finances in October: Day 20

Welcome to my daily tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $429.03 Expenses for the month to date: $2657.74 Net effect: -$2228.71 Wow, for the first time in a few days I have not sent off credit card payments. The payment this time was the insurance on the car, which I put on the Chase...

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Tracking my Finances in October: Day 19

Welcome to my daily tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $429.03 Expenses for the month to date: $2595.07 Net effect: -$2166.04 Today while I was doing laundry I found twenty cents on the folding table. Now before you guys go knocking me for taking the money here is what happened. I went...

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How I saved money by bagging my Lunch

On Thursday the staff was being given lunch by some members of the community in order to show their appreciation. Everyone was talking about the lunch and people who usually brought their lunch said they would not be bringing anything in. I decided to bring my lunch just in case there was something I did not like…or in...

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Tracking my Finances in October: Day 18

Welcome to my daily tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $428.83 Expenses for the month to date: $2394.49 Net effect: -$1956.66? ? -$1965.66 I just sent off a whopping amount to one of the credit cards. This was part of the regular bill payment plus the rent amount. Since I moved to this...

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Quit Rate Chasing!

It really does not pay to be a rate chaser right now. For those of you who do not know, a rate chaser is someone who is continuously looking for a better rate. This can be a lower rate on credit cards and other types of debt a higher rate on savings Rate chasers look for these rates and move their assets and liabilities all...

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