As some of you may remember, my hubby & I are wanting to trade in our jobs in the big city (Washington DC) and follow our hearts & move back home closer to family & live in the country (Michigan). I am an RN and I have a interviewing with my former boss for my job back next week (ahh, that...

I made my first trip of the year to the grocery store. If I was able to, I'd kick myself in the rear end for what I spent money on. We're already budgeted at the high end of $300 every two weeks. I was $70 over. :( We currently purchase our groceries every two weeks and that hasn't changed...

My son attends a Charter school that requires uniforms and my daughter will start kindergarten there in Sept. so I have quite a few uniforms to buy. There is only one supplier in town that sells the uniform sweaters with the school logo and they are way over priced. By the middle of every...

I used to visit these boards a lot. I paid down a good amount of my debt. I logged in today because I have been feeling very stressed out lately about my debt. I see my old signature when I logged in, and my debt then was more than half what it is now. What have I wasted all that credit on? I...

Well, we have finally crashed. It appears that our only way out of the debt abyss is going to be filing bankruptcy. We consulted a financial advisor who recommended it. We cannot refinance anymore. We have no other resources. Credit counseling payments end up being more than our monthly payments...

i found a gift certificate to outback the other day so i decided to use it to get take out tonight since dh and ds are going to a baseball game and dd went to PA with my folks. yummy thrifty meal :) but this is what i'm wondering if i should be proud or ashamed of: i ate the whole loaf of brown...

I am very ashamed. I have been avoiding this forum because I haven't done a single thing to get me towards my goal of weight loss. I posted in my siggy the amount i hope to lose, the amount I am DETREMINED to lose. It seems like alot when i see it in print. But I have gained incredible amounts...