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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

• How to make $75 fast, and the realization that comes with it

  I came across an advertisement recently from Bank of America: open a checking account with them with a minimum depoist of $500, make at least one debit transaction within 30 days of opening the account, and they'll deposit $75.00 into the account... Posted Jul 19 2009, 06:09 PM by Anne Cross with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: budgeting, saving

• What I'm doing differently

  There have been so many stories in the news, on blogs -- everyhwere -- about what people are doing differently in the midst of this "economic downturn," and lots of speculation about what habits will last and what will disappear once the economy... Posted May 19 2009, 07:11 AM by Anne Cross with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: consumption, society, budgeting, simplify, minimizing waste, saving