Posts by beansmama

I'm a late starter...but I'm in. At least for the next three days (well, today-thursday).   I'm a sahm of two kiddos, I don't drive and go stir crazy often...and happen to live next to cheapo stores (dollar tree, grocery...

Okay, apparently I can't read. I totally missed the "canadians" part! whoops...my bad! I still say ooma is awesome though, and I'm pretty sure it works in canada :)

I was just reading this forum and noticed this was still on the front page! Oh snap...I was hoping I'd been forgotten ;P   Anyway, I quit drinking August 30th - but I say it was sept. 1st just so I can remember my...

Well, that money sounds...NICE (but then again, so does his *current* pay, for that matter!).   I'm gonna kind of be the voice of opposition here.   You're describing your Dh...and he sounds friendly, nice, like he...

Another thing - I know I seem to be the source of pessimism, but I'm just speaking from my own experience -   doing "the dirty dozen" didn't work for me. If you really research it the cut off limits for the amount of...

Honestly, the  BIGGEST key for me was ignorance.   That's right...I simply quit reading and researching into why conventional foods are so terrible for you. Sure, I know those articles still exist - I know the research is...

Dh got in a wreck on Monday - totally not his fault, he was rear-ended and pushed into a car in front of him, leaving our car totalled (it was an uninsured motorist, to boot! Anyway, he was alone in the car and totally fine. The...

I'm IN...again...   So, last year was pretty fabulous. We managed to finish our FFEF at $10,000...along with start saving on our house fund! Woo!   THEN, well, life happened. The poop hit the proverbial fan. We blew...

Don't feel discouraged about narrowing your food budget - I promise you it *can* be done...and I don' t personally know *any* family of 4 that spends $1000 on food...so I don't think it's the "norm".   Or maybe it...

Quote: Originally Posted by Purple Sage That's a good plan. DH is a concert person, too, and he could really screw up our finances if he went to every show he wanted to see. Sometimes it's a bummer, but if you can't...