Checking My Eggs To Save Money
I was in the grocery store getting some eggs and going through my routine of checking the eggs for breakage. I do this by opening the carton and scanning the tops and sides of the eggs.
I then lift each egg out and look the bottom and the sides I did not initially see before moving on to the next egg.
I make sure to check all twelve of the eggs and if I find one cracked egg I will move on to a new carton. This means I may spend about two minutes checking at times before I find an unblemished carton but it is worth it as I do not want to purchase any cracked eggs.
CVS Haul 29 August 2011
On this trip I paid $0.00 out of pocket for $10.96 worth of items. My goal for 2011 is to not spend any money out of pocket, while using coupons and ECBs to get tons of items at CVS, with an initial gift card of $50.
I had not been to CVS for a while because I was not impressed with the selection of items that gave back ECBs and I was still using up items from the stash that I had collected over the last few months. I want to start replenishing my stocks while things are on sale and I am down to the last tube of toothpaste anyway!!!!
10 Ways to Save Money in Business (Guest Post)
Simple changes to help you save money in crucial start-up stages of your business.
It is common to slowly slip into debt during the start-up stages of a small business, do you want to become another statistic? There are plenty of books and articles showing you how to save money in every aspect of your life but when focusing on saving money in starting your business you may have to get a bit creative. These tips on saving money in the start up stages of your business can be crucial to your business’s success.
Monthly Financial Check Up: June 2011
Well there will be no Tracking My Finances post this since it is the first of the month and the only thing paid has been the rent and associated costs. What you get instead is the Monthly Financial Checkup for June and I am pleased to say that I came out in the black by $206.13!!!!!!
I am glad that I came out in the black again this month because I had a deficit to make up for in April. With this overage in the total yearly budget I now only have to make up a shortfall of $551.15 to get back on track with the budget for the year.
The Essential Credit Repair Handbook (Book Review)
I received this book called The Essential Credit Repair Handbook and I thought it would be a good book to share with you all. The thing I like the most about the book is that it is very readable but it does not talk down to the reader. I got this book just as I was getting some questions from a reader about how to repair her credit and get out of debt so this will be a good review of some of the tips that I gave the reader.
Happy Memorial Day 2011
I am sorry that I did not have a regular post lined up for today. I was sick again this weekend and I completely lost track of the fact that I needed something.
In any case today is a holiday for most people but I have to work.
So enjoy the barbecues and the pool parties and everything else you have planned for the day.
‘Frugal’ Tips That I Will NOT Try: Reusable Bathroom Wipes
This blog is mainly about how I find ways to save money and I have tried a LOT of different things in the past. I read other blogs to look for tips on things I can do to reduce my expenses so that I can work on reducing debt and building wealth.
I have found a few frugal tips out that have been great and there also a few that really freak me out!!!! I decided to start a little series of Frugal Tips That I will NOT try so you can get a better idea of some of the things I think are too extreme.
Tips for Solving the Store or Sell Dilemma (Guest Post)
Working for a self-storage company means that I constantly have the opportunity to meet people who are relocating and hear their stories. Given our economy, a great deal of my customers are most interested in trimming down moving costs and deciding whether to store or sell items before and after the move. This can have a significant impact on expenses because storing and moving items vary in cost depending on multiple factors.
Replacement Cost
