Showing posts with label Foodie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Foodie. Show all posts
Thursday, January 2, 2014

Red Lobster and the Middle Class

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Interesting  article from cnn.com about the impending demise of Red Lobster and the continued squeeze of the middle class. Reading the au...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

2013 Goals - May Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $15,736 (45%)   (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $6,013 (55%)    (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to ...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

You know its spring in Florida when . . .

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You know its spring in Florida when you are at the Super Wal-Mart at 6:00 a.m. buying rat traps. Now I'm not in charge of rat wranglin...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Happy St. Valentine's Day - Part I

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Happy St. Valentine's Day to you! What are you doing to celebrate heart day?  Are you sending flowers, going out to dinner, buying gif...
Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Debit Card Diversion

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We use our debit cards for 95% of our day to day transactions (the other 5% is cash).  As a result, I review our accounts online at least tw...
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Monday, January 7, 2013

January 2013 Spending Fast

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We spent a ton of money in December and we also saved a ton of money in December in order to stretch to try and meet some of our 2012 saving...
Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Cooking Baby Steps - Part IV

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Tuesday night, before Thanksgiving, is NOT the time for grocery shopping especially for someone, like me, who hates grocery shopping. Yest...
Monday, November 19, 2012

Cooking Baby Steps - Part III

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Since its Thanksgiving week and since I will be doing some cooking for Thanksgiving dinner I was checking out the Publix web site to figure...
Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Cooking Baby Steps - Part II

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I have started researching the best (but not super expensive) cooking tools and I found this helpful list from Consumer Reports. I actu...
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Cooking Baby Steps

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One of my general financial goals for 2012 was to reduce the amount of eating out and ordering in that I do.  Clearly eating out and orderin...
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Monday, November 5, 2012

2012 Savings Goals - November Update

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(1) Max out 401k(s) - $31,379 (92%)(goal is $34,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) - $5,829 (58%)(goal is $10,000) (3) Add to e/r fund - $8,400 (84%...
Wednesday, October 31, 2012

I Hate Grocery Shopping

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I have never ever enjoyed grocery shopping.  In fact, grocery shopping is my least favorite chore.  As a result, I generally refuse to groce...
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012

eBay Errors

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So, like many brides, when Mr. Sam and I got married, we registered for fine china.  I registered for a brand and pattern of china that ha...
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Friday, June 22, 2012

Chase-ing Reward Points

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At present, we have one credit card, a Chase Freedom rewards credit card.  As you know, if you follow this blog, we don't use credit on ...
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Saturday, April 14, 2012

Vacation Season

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I have posted before about our vacation budgeting/planning system . I have used this system now since 2007 and it continues to work well fo...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Ouch!

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Got gas this morning on my way to work.  $4 a gallon for regular and $60+ to fill up my tank.  Ouch! Check out this handy  county by count...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

A Few of My Favorite Blogs (not about money or personal finances)

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I am a reader.  I read books, articles, blogs, etc.  I've gathered up a few of my favorite non-money blogs and sites for your enjoyment....
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Monday, March 12, 2012

Adventures at Costco

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As part of our efforts to save more money in 2012, we have committed   to reducing our eating out and ordering in expenses. Accordingly, I...
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Quick & Easy (& Yummy) Breakfast At Home

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In my ongoing effort to eat more meals at home, Mr. Sam bought me these  Morningstar veggie sausage, egg and cheese biscuits  .  I am deligh...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Eating My Way Through Big Bucks

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Mr. Sam and I eat opposite diets, I'm eat a vegetarian diet (with fish and seafood, but is low on actual vegetables) and Mr. Sam eats a ...