Dmontngrey's Personal Finance Blog

Shop til I drop!

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:34:59 PST

I've been out of the loop here for a couple of days. There's another killer catalina deal going on at the grocery store - could I resist? NO! It has taken up most of my time since Friday. I have a lot more food I want to get between now and Thursday. So far, I'm ahead by $41.79. I...

POW - GONE!

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:41:15 PST

Yes, that is correct! I just sent the payoff for Student Loan 1! "WHAT?" you ask? Yeah, me too. Where did that money come from? My only guess is: the money you "can't save" from couponing. I'll be keeping quite the interesting watch on things now, while I tackle that balance transfer....

Care package

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:18:12 PST

Oh, I have been having way too much fun lately! Too much fun at the grocery store with catalina deals and too much fun at Walgreens with register rewards (RR).

This is what I ended up with on my little catalina binge:

Quantity Item
3 Clorox Wipes
1 Diet 7-up
6 Hartz Crunch...

If my brain doesn't explode...

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:13:46 PST

It will be a miracle! My head hurts looking at all these catalina scenarios. I've gone a bit overboard the last few days. Just waiting for DH to put his foot down! Ah well, he "happily" goes along and buys what I tell him to. We spent so much time at the grocery store this morning...

Quite a shock!

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 18:11:28 PST

I was ready to come home and get caught up on tidbits from the last few days... only to come home to find news that a classmate had passed away unexpectedly! I remember her as a healthy, energetic person. I can't comprehend her complaining of a headache and chest pains for a few days,...

Stocked up on goodies!

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 11:52:25 PST

It was a good day at RiteAid today - almost like a treasure hunt. I didn't realize how many goodies they had free after SCRs until we got to the store. We didn't even buy all of them! We ran this up in two transactions and we'll put the 2nd rebate info under my mom's account. The way...

At least the toilet works!!

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:37:35 PST

It wasn't working last night! You know, it's one of those things you just use so often. As soon as it doesn't sound right - you KNOW. It wasn't filling up with water all of a sudden. Faulty fill valve. Off to the store we went this morning to buy a new one. We could get a basic one...

Feel the burn!

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:26:58 PST

It feels kinda good.
I finally got the courage up to try my EA Sports Active for the Wii again. I bought this at the end of June with high expectations. It looked like it was just what I needed to get active, as strange as that may sound. I don't feel comfortable going to the gym,...

One person's trash....

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 17:25:44 PST

is MY treasure! I scored a "dead" HP inkjet printer destined for the trash today. Well, if it wasn't dead before, it is now. We broke it trying to get the two ink cartridges out. Hey - those are worth $3 each in Staples rewards! The printer can be worth $50 towards an HP trade-in....

Normal Saturday stuff

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 09:20:57 PST

Ah, nice rainy Saturday morning to do my normal finance stuff and do some cleaning around the house. I don't mind the rain on days like this.

So I should be sitting in my comfy office chair, but instead I'm stuck with a folding chair. I'm not moving this!

Not a lot going...

Had a good evening

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:08:29 PST

Another LONG day at work! Thank you TD Bank for making my day just that much more frustrating. People never want to believe their bank is holding up their direct deposit. It HAS to be the payroll department, right? I actually read about the problem here in the blogs while I was at...

Talked to my brother today

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:42:55 PST

Ok, more like tossed quite a few text messages back and forth about the car. Hello? September ends tomorrow and with it, the car inspection!

It took a few messages before I was able to determine that 1) he was sorry he hadn't taken care of this sooner, 2) he's really stressed about...

Shopping this weekend

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 12:01:16 PST

*Nascar side note* DH just dragged me upstairs because for some reason I needed to see Logano's wreck NOW. With the amount of yelling he was doing - I thought for sure someone was dead. The kid is fine, but how am I supposed to want my own husband to be a race car driver? That car...

Updated finances

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 10:45:39 PST

Er... tried to? The mutt was in a MOOD this morning. We had a lengthy discussion over other available sun spots in the house before I finally dragged her upstairs - to the full sun third floor.

When I finally got my desk back, I got caught up on the financials for the...

Paid off DH's car today!

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:05:54 PST

So Lux is cleaning house?? Guilty. I'm one of the ones being beckoned back. I am here nearly every day reading and commenting, there's just a block when it comes to writing. I see I started an entry July 10th. I wanted to upload a pic and pics weren't working. Never came back to do...

Memorial day, shopping, gardening, etc

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sun, 24 May 2009 11:08:58 PST

Happy Memorial Day weekend everyone! Please remember our veterans and our soldiers who are currently on active duty. Military folks in my life include:

- my paternal grandfather who proudly served in the Air Force. He was shot down over enemy lines in WWII. He just turned 85 a month...

A dime, a nickel AND a quarter!

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:10:56 PST

Yup, that's what I found at the same store I say I ALWAYS find change! DH wants to make sure he gets credit for picking it up when I pointed.

Sad, but we got laughed at for stopping to pick it up. Spoiled teenagers?? This is the same store where I've seen young children walk...

Label maker

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Sun, 03 May 2009 15:14:21 PST

So I headed off to Staples this morning to take advantage of some deals they had. One of the items I bought was a label maker that will be free after rebate. Yes, useful.

Actually, DH really wanted a label maker to label some thing he has. Well my trip nicely took care of...

Ever have one of those days?

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:41:06 PST

My day was fine, but apparently my silly turtle felt the need to shove his head in a kleenex box and stay there! He is one feisty troublemaker when the weather gets warm, but at least I trapped him on the third floor this time! Put a board across so he couldn't get down the stairs....

Groceries, coupons, and a dime!

dmontngrey@gmail.com (dmontngrey) — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:38:17 PST

Stopped at one grocery store (on my way home) to pick up a few groceries. I mostly stopped there because they had Arm & Hammer laundry detergent really cheap. 6.99 buy one get one free, -1.00 store coupon for buying two, -1.00 and -1.00 printable manufacturers coupons. 3.99 for two...