Yankee 2.0

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• I fell off the no credit wagon....

  ...but am climbing back on. Well, I've been trying to accomplish a couple of goals in these last few months -- one was not to incur any more consumer debt, and the other was to get some stuff fixed around my house. It turns out that I over did it... Posted Sep 22 2009, 05:37 PM by Anne Cross with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: debt, budgeting, saving, spending, credit cards

• A year of thrift

  It was in February of 2008 that I decided to change my relationship with money. I was sick of living week to week, always being scrambling to pay bills, being in debt and being generally stressed over money. I bartered with a life coach for a couple of... Posted Feb 14 2009, 07:10 AM by Anne Cross with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: about me, debt, consumption, consumerism, budgeting

• Preparing to be credit-card free

  After thinking about selling my house, I have decided to stick it out at least another year and am in the process of refinancing. The lower interest rate will save me quite a bit each month, and I am "rolling in" a home equity loan ($14,000... Posted Dec 10 2008, 04:31 AM by Anne Cross with | with no comments Filed under: debt, budgeting

• Another debt down

  Well, I've gotten paid from a new client and used part of the money to pay off a store credit card (at 0% interest) that I had opened to pay for a new mattress and box spring 18 months ago. I love my bed -- it's a tempurpedic and it really is... Posted Sep 29 2008, 02:39 PM by Anne Cross with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: debt, budgeting