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We're on the road from Debt to Financial Independence. Our passengers include Momma (me), Wes (my husband) and our six children. The road promises to be long and interesting.
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One Hour With Teri Gault – Part Four
This is the 4th part in my series “One Hour With Teri Gault”, the result of a fantastic telephone interview with Teri, the founder and CEO of The Grocery Game and TeriToday.com. Disclaime...
Momma’s New Look
After many (many… many… MANY) hours of watching Wes wrestle with Photoshop, I spotted a link on Plurk for logos and entrecards and decided to try an alternate route. If you don’t know, Pete ...
Publix – Where Shopping Is A Pleasure
Stop the presses folks, I finally agree that a big corporation’s advertising slogan is right on the money. I hate to shop, or at least I thought I did. I’ve always been the person to go to...
Unhappily Single
There is something wrong with starting out as two and ending up as one. The disappointment and frustration that you can’t count on that other one anymore can be too much on a morning when every...
Blueberry Mania – The Aftermath
A week and a half ago, I wrote that we were going to spend some family time picking blueberries. When we got to the Pick Your Own farm, we didn’t quite get to where we expected. We pulled up at ...
Grocery Game – My Spectacular Shopping Night
Things have been a little busy around my house and I’ve been VERY bad about sharing my shopping successes with you here. Last night, I had a pretty spectacular stock up night and I just HAD to ...
FREE Coupon Management System
A few weeks ago, I held a contest to give away the first official copy of Momma’s Coupon Management System. Michele P was the official winner of that one. Hopefully it has arrived at her door...
The New R Word
The “R” word is being tossed about everywhere. Whether you call it Recession, Stagflation, Hyper-inflation, or just plain rising prices, chances are it’s impacting you more and more...
Frugal Family Time – Picking Blueberries
July is a fabulous time of year, here in Georgia. There doesn’t seem to be an end to the things you can do for fun with your family that are inexpensive and fun. Today, we’re going to pic...
Free Wii beats out Frugal on the Web
Search Engine Results: I’m always amazed at what my research turns up on the internet. If the law of supply and demand applies to the World Wide Web...
School Lunch Costs Up By 25%!
Unless you’ve been living under a rock (and if so, WELCOME BACK!), you know that food costs have risen on every single item you buy. The consumers are not the only ones feeling the pinch though...
Frugal Things To Do In Atlanta, Georgia
The Money Life Network Presents Frugal Things To Do When You’re In…… I think this is a fabulous idea and am proud to introduce you to my home, Atlanta. Atlanta is full of history, charm, and...
Passing the Six Month Mark
I started blogging on Blogspot in January. I had a vision, and a plan. It’s changed a bit along the way. I’ve grown in ways I didn’t anticipate. I have begun endeavors that I wou...
Free Education - One Mouseclick Away
I’ve dreamed of going “Back to School” for years now. I want, with all of my heart, to become a certified financial planner. Unfortunately, in order to take the test, you must ha...
Gardening - More Complicated Than You Think
I’ve been playing in my Square Foot Gardens for months now. I love them! But, they are providing me with a lot of challenges and nothing is growing as consistently as I would like. The lar...
Contest Winner Announcement!
There were 16 entries for Momma’s Coupon Management System. I entered all of them into Random.org this morning, and Michele P. is our winner! Please email me your full name and address at ...
Changing Middle Class Perspectives
When I started writing this blog, I started it for one reason. I hadn’t yet found a good resource for our family type. I even went so far as to list our annual budgeted expenses and lament tha...
What To Do With All Of Those Newspapers
Now that I’m couponing like mad, I have absolutely been overloaded with Sunday Papers. I’ve been setting them aside for recycling, since I truly hate generating more trash. This morning,...
Weekly Shopping Update - I’m a SUPER Couponer
I had a great week for shopping! I spent more than normal, but I really got a lot of value for what I spent. YL15 asked if we were planning for a famine. We got a bit of perspective (and a great la...
Two Homes, Two Financial Relationships, One Child
Wes and I were blessed with three children each, before we found our way to one another. In his past life, he was what The Millionaire Next Door terms a High Income, Low Net Worth UAW (Under Accumulat...
Two Homes, Two Financial Relationships, One Child
Wes and I were blessed with three children each, before we found our way to one another. In his past life, he was what The Millionaire Next Door terms a High Income, Low Net Worth UAW (Under Accumulat...
Carnivals and Link Love
My Post: Cutting Food Costs - 3 Ways to Save on Dinner was included the Carnival of Money Hacks hosted by Broke Grad Student this week. Please go check it out, there is a ton of great stuff going on o...
Carnivals and Link Love
My Post: Cutting Food Costs - 3 Ways to Save on Dinner was included the Carnival of Money Hacks hosted by Broke Grad Student this week. Please go check it out, there is a ton of great stuff going on o...
Tightwad Gazette - 1992
My friend, Alicia, brought me an old copy of The Tightwad Gazette last week. I have been thumbing through it for the last few days and just marveling over how much has changed, and how much has not ch...
Tightwad Gazette - 1992
My friend, Alicia, brought me an old copy of The Tightwad Gazette last week. I have been thumbing through it for the last few days and just marveling over how much has changed, and how much has not ch...
Great Deal for Date Night
Last night, Wes wanted to help me relax and decided to treat me to a dinner out without kids. We looked through our Entertainment Book for specials on places we haven't been before. Nothing was real...
Cutting Food Costs - 3 Ways to Save on Dinner
As I may have mentioned once or twice (couple of dozen) times before, I love the Grocery Game. It has made my life so much easier in the grocery shopping department. But that is only half of the equ...
Coupons - Making them work for you
There is an interesting discussion going on over at BoingBoing about coupons and how much they aren't worth the effort. Now, the girl given in the short example post isn't very realistic... sorry Chri...
No Spend Weekend Ideas
Around our house, the weekends are spent doing family things. Sometimes expensive family things. Over the last several months, we've been learning that we can have more fun and lots of time to conne...
10 Ways To Reduce Spending Painlessly
Where Can You Reduce Spending Without Pain? This is the first question that many people ask when they realize they need to get their financial acts together. Just like with dieting, when you drastica...