Archive for the 'Big Purchases' Category

Stimulus Payment Redirection

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

We were one of the unfortunate families who ended up receiving our IRS economic stimulus payment (aka bribery money) via check instead of direct deposit, despite my best efforts of e-filing and allowing the IRS to deduct what we owed on our taxes from our bank account.  (See if I e-file the next time we owe [...]

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Home Restlessness

Sunday, January 13th, 2008

The hubby and I have been in our house for over 4 years now and I can definitely see why the average first-time home buyer stays in their first home about 5 years.  I can run off an arm’s length list of things that bug me about my house.  No one but me notices most [...]

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Vacationing and Personal Price Tag Policies

Tuesday, April 10th, 2007

I was reading the Women in Red message boards when I saw a topic about whether someone should go on vacation when she still has debt.  This is a topic that I’ve given a lot of thought to so I thought I’d flesh it out a little here.
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Buy Eyeglasses Online and Save Hundreds of Dollars

Sunday, April 8th, 2007

My husband pointed out this site a while ago and I was just forwarding it to my sister when I thought I should share here, as well.
GlassyEyes is a site that was created after a guy broke his prescription, in-store made glasses.  He ordered a pair online and loved them.  Now he’s put together a [...]

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The Rollercoaster of Real Estate

Thursday, April 5th, 2007

My husband just forwarded this to me and I thought I’d share. 
It’s US home prices adjusted for inflation plotted via Rollercoaster Tycoon.
Definitely interesting, if for nothing else than to admire the effort it took to create this and see what kind of ride we’ve had.
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Popularity: 22% [?]

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