http://jds77.savingadvice.com All things money info@savingadvice.com Jamie en-us http://jds77.savingadvice.com/2006/09/09/day-1again_14104/ A few months ago I came up with a budget and a plan for the future. Since then there has been so much that has not gone according to my plan. I thought it was coincidence at first but now I’m realizing that it’s because of my new credit limit. <br /> I spent years without credit cards.... Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:38:32 PST (Jamie) http://jds77.savingadvice.com/2006/07/28/my-first-new-credit-card-in-10-years-and_12001/ When I was an 18 year old college student with no real income I had 9 credit cards with around $10,000 of available credit. I was responsible for awhile at least then life got in the way. I ended up dropping out of school working crappy jobs supporting a boyfriend who was supposed... Fri, 28 Jul 2006 09:48:46 PST (Jamie) http://jds77.savingadvice.com/2006/06/15/new-motivation_10110/ I finally have my motivation back to save and pay off my debts. I went through this blah period for a couple of weeks where I felt like I just didn’t care how much I spent. I kept up with my coupons and grocery shopping but we were eating out a lot more. Plus we had to buy a few... Thu, 15 Jun 2006 10:10:20 PST (Jamie) http://jds77.savingadvice.com/2006/05/24/my-challenge-this-week_8976/ My new food challenge is to actually eat the food I buy before I buy more! I have been doing a great job stocking up and paying next to nothing for it but my pantry is about to burst. I have some pretty crazy things in there like 12 bottles of mustard and 6 bottles of hot sauce.... Wed, 24 May 2006 12:52:53 PST (Jamie) http://jds77.savingadvice.com/2006/05/13/i-love-coupons_8464/ I started using grocery coupons a couple of months ago when I happened to find one for something I was going to buy that day anyway. It turned out to be on sale and the store tripled the coupon. Ever since then I have been hooked. For the life of me I can’t remember what I bought... Sat, 13 May 2006 08:21:07 PST (Jamie) http://jds77.savingadvice.com/2006/05/11/my-intro_8394/ My name is Jamie. I am 29 (for the first time, seriously lol) and live in the middle of nowhere. Ok actually the middle of Pennsylvania but that’s the same thing as nowhere.<br /> <br /> After some rough patches and frivolous spending I managed to get myself over 10,000 in debt on my credit... Thu, 11 May 2006 17:42:27 PST (Jamie)