I have been bad, really bad lately

Posted By: Sadie on 2009-02-03
In Reply to: how do you save - money?

I have spent like a drunken sailor, I am talking about several thousands prior to, during and after Christmas. Oh, I also ran up my credit card say about 4-5 thousand. I have been paying my bills but am really going to have to get ahold of myself and cut back. I am planning several vacations this year but hopefully if all goes well by May or so I will have twice the income I have now and hopefully then will play catchup. I have money in the bank, but that has been there for sometime. I just got some new jackets from QVC today. Oh me, oh my!

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how do you save - money?
- Here's how I handle finances ... - Good Steward
  - Right: Best advice given: Live below your means...n/m - try those.....
- Check to see if your bank has any programs - mt
- One thing I do is I have an auto money transfer - sm - XXX
  - Ways we save - LinK
    - Having retirement, investments good but - Questions
      - We did lose some money, but not a huge amount - LinK
- We have an allotment that comes... - Kendra
  - This is the smart way to save - it is called "paying yourself first" and sm - ChiaPet
    - I had no idea what it is called, but between... - Kendra
    - Yup, my daddy lived this all his life, and he left my mom a wealthy little old lady....sm - Cyndiee
    - I am currently on Dave Ramsey's - lp
      - Love him! We are debt free but the house.... - sm
      - Isn't it refreshing to know you are not a tool of the consumer "buy buy" society? sm - ChiaPet
        I will ask you as I did another poster above - Questions
        Not sure what your question is? But my 401K did lose value sm - ChiaPet
    - Kendra, I did not read what you did, where did the person - Lisa
      - Sorry, that was Chia saying that, not Kendra - Lisa
        In Sadie's 1st post she says she has been very bad sm - ChiaPet
        Chia, Chia, oh you gotta read the posts more carefully - Sadie
- I feel sorry for myself when I don't have my "reserve"- - Dizzy
- I have been bad, really bad lately - Sadie
  - maybe you should spend some more money - on a shrink
  - Sadie, you either have no self-control, no common sense... - sm
  - The last thing I would do would be - sm
    - Unfortunately we've had to do that for the last couple of years - LinK
  - Why would you take vacations when you're in such debt? - curious
    - I have read the above posts and really, - Sadie
      - You CAN'T afford it - lk
        And if you read these, you would know - Sadie
        What does afford mean? - lk
        This is the last on this, seems like you are missing a - Sadie
        Hey Sadie! - lk
      - I think the point is . . . . - Happy MT Robin
        HappyMTRobin, answers to your questions - Sadie
        Wow, you are always ready to defend - sm
        I do not entiely agree with you... - Kendra
        I was answering MTRobin and apparently - Sadie

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