http://blooddebtandtears.com blogging my debt away into cyberspace... and other interesting things I find along the way Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:07:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In this day and age of high gas prices, gas stations make you pay for gas before pumping if you are using cash because of the number of drive-offs... and seriously, I never pay with cash.  Husband and I are on a new cash budget which leaves me with this ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/06/24/how-do-you-pay-for-gas-with-cash/ When is this stimulus check going to be delivered to my humble little mailbox? Originally, we were suppose to receive it on May 9th, but apparently since we paid for the online tax service with our refund, we now have to wait for our money.  This was while we were on ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/06/10/stimulus-check/ okay.  so that was way more religion than I have ever used all at once... but if things work out... there actually might be some hope in sight. Today is Husband's birthday, and he (we) got the best present EVER except for the one that he's getting from me (mario kart ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/05/16/today-is-an-uplifting-day-of-hope-and-hallelujahs/ and our stimulus check has not arrived as promised... imagine that... the government is late on something! Well, my credit card that I'm paying the check to will suffer. We spent way more than I had planned on vacation which makes me really sad. I feel like ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/05/14/and-were-back-i-need-suggestions/ Husband and I are taking a vacation. Finally! Thanks to the government for giving some of our hard-earned money back, we will be able to pay for all hotel stays with our tax return. Our economic stimulus check will be going directly toward the credit card ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/04/29/vacation-all-i-ever-wanted/ I'm now seriously debating getting a second job... and while more income is always FANTASTIC... I'm wondering if it would be a total waste of time. Most would say yes. I agree that making $7-8 an hour is not lucrative. However, there are serious discounts at the ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/03/31/second-job-revisited-is-it-worth-it/ Sometimes, wait... most of the time, I feel like I'm drowning in debt. It's not a new feeling. I feel like I'm more aware of it though. I feel like, even though I'm actually trying to pay down debt now, I'm getting nowhere. Now is when I start ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/03/17/sell-your-stuff-pay-down-debt/ I was reading on couponmom.com about ways to basically get things for free when shopping at drug stores. You'll need to use their discount cards, rebate programs, and really pay attention to Sunday sales papers. I put the concept to the test this past week. It ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/03/10/the-cvs-phenomena/ Flurrying is what I'm doing.  I'm putting small amounts of money toward my debt... they're so small that you can barely see them.  You have to really look for them and sometimes, you have to look directly at the light to see the little teeny tiny flakes.  I guess though, ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/03/07/flurrying-snowflaking-part-2/ Debt kid is giving away a DS Lite for the dumbest purchase ever! My dumbest purchase was when I traded my Jetta for a new Subaru. (The actual dependability is not dumb, but the financial state it put me in makes it REALLY dumb!) I had less than a ... http://blooddebtandtears.com/2008/03/06/dumbest-purchase-ever/