Archive for October, 2007

Save $7,000 a Year Using Grocery Coupons

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

My curiosity has been piqued by this blog post in which we are introduced to the “Coupon Queen” and the fact that she saves $7,000 a year on her grocery bill simply by using coupons!
My first question: how do you keep track of your savings? Do you have a shoebox full of the year’s grocery [...]

What’s Your Mortgage IQ?

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

My mortgage broker called me out of the blue last week. We had not spoken in three years since we refinanced our mortgage to help pay for our basement renovations.
I immediately thought that she was looking to drum up business. You know how it goes: you get the phone call, you chit-chat, then they ask [...]

Favorite Scary Movie

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

In honor of Halloween, Marie over at www.MommyCommunity.comĀ asked us to write aboutĀ our favorite scary movies. This is one of her Friday faves so forgive me for being a little bit late answering!
I LOVE getting scared in the movie theater. Not the blood and guts type of scared but a good psychological scaring. Don’t leave me [...]

I Found the Bargain of the Year!

Saturday, October 27th, 2007

For the last several months I have been stressing a little about budgeting our money better. I’m not sure I like being in charge of the household finances when the quarterly bonus checks aren’t as big as they used to be!
So we’ve been trying to cut down on miscellaneous expenses, which means that mom (aka [...]