Monthly Archives: October 2011
October Wrap-Up and November Mini-Goals
October has turned out to be a so-so month as far as the four mini-goals I set for myself; that is, I accomplished one, sort of accomplished another, failed at one and epic-failed at another. Actually, that sounds more like … Continue reading
Filed under Monthly Goals
It Was a Very Good Year
I just finished peeling myself off the floor. Mr. Losing It emailed me a few minutes ago to let me know that his company had a very, very good year, his department in particular, and that after taxes his annual … Continue reading
Filed under Celebrations, Debt
Wednesday Odds ‘n’ Ends
Or, stuff not big enough for a whole post . . . End-of-the-month figures are in and we paid another $1108.06 toward our debt. Yeah! Actually, we paid $1357.77 last month, meaning $249.71 went to interest. Boo. I am feeling … Continue reading
Filed under Debt, Frugal Shopping
Easily Pleased
Heavens, is this all it takes to make me happy? Yesterday morning I got my girls off to school (Mr. Losing It is already at work when we get up), came home and had a bowl of shredded wheat, baked … Continue reading
Filed under Simple Living
Death and Taxes
“Nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” – Benjamin Franklin With all due respect to Ben, I beg to disagree. If he hung around the Losing It household for awhile, he would soon see that there … Continue reading
Filed under Budgets, Debt Elimination
Our Christmas Mystery
Lots of frugal-living bloggers are already writing about their Christmas shopping and planning, whether it’s how they’re only going to spend $100 or about the gifts they’ve already bought on sale and stashed away. I envy them. Although we’ve downsized … Continue reading
Filed under Frugal Shopping, Holidays, Living a Frugal Life
A Field Trip to IKEA
So tempting. So very tempting. So many tempting things. I think if I had to pick one word to describe IKEA, that word would be tempting. So many cute, useful and affordable things and they give you a big yellow … Continue reading
Filed under Frugal Shopping, Living a Frugal Life
