Month: June 2008

Tracking My Finances In June: Day 16

Welcome to How I Save Money and tracking of income and expenses for the month. Income for the month to date: $31.24 Expenses for the month to date: $1750.03 Net effect: -$1718.79 According to my Excel spreadsheet I have already paid off all the regular monthly bills except the bill for the LASIK which does not come until the...

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How I Save Money Montly Update: May 2008

I just realized that it has been a while since I last posted my Monthly Update here. I have been working on the daily summary but I neglected to provide the monthly round up with all the details. In May I did come out ahead after my salary came in on the last day of the month. Amt Spent/Budget is listed below Areas over...

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How I Save Money At CVS: June 8

Well I was doing well with saving money at CVS the last two times I went and then this time I blew it. I only buy things that I actually use because I do not want to get extra things just to gain the extra bucks. The best way to save money is to split up the transactions and use the extra care bucks (ECB) from one transaction...

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How I Save Money visits: June 14

Welcome to How I Save Money visits ! Today we visit: Birthday Money at Saving For a Home Of My Own . My birthday is coming up next month and I hope I get money too since we all know how much I need it. Review of Bank Stock Holdings at Dividends 4 Life . I think I will be buying some bank stocks when I get out of debt, along...

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Baz over Budget

Here at How I Save Money I use a budget. I recently read a post that said Why You Do Not Want A Budget . I think this is one of the worst pieces of advice you can ever give someone, especially if they have debt. This is honestly a rather disturbing article to me because it states that your finances will take care of themselves...

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