Daily Archives: December 5, 2007

Day 95: Hamburgers and Granny Nightgowns

By Suburban Wife | Published: December 5, 2007
Wendy’s — $4.06 Din­ner for The Son. If you’re a reg­u­lar reader you know that nearly every Wednes­day we stop by Wendy’s and pick up some din­ner for The Son in between his cello les­son and orches­tra rehearsal.  Well today when we got to his les­son I dis­cov­ered that I’d for­got­ten my purse.  Big Bum­mer.  So instead of stop­ping [...]
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New Coupons and Sales

By Suburban Wife | Published: December 5, 2007
REI save an extra 20% off any one item from REI-Outlet.  No coupon needed.  expires 12.07.07 free ship­ping on your pur­chase of any REI, The North Face, Keen, Magellen, or Garmin item or select Thule items.  See details here.  expires 12.06.07 Eddie Bauer FREE ship­ping on all orders — no min­i­mum pur­chase* — offer good Wednes­day and Thurs­day only (12.05.07 — [...]
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A Housing Market Rant

By Suburban Wife | Published: December 5, 2007
How could the finan­cial gurus have been so eff­ing blind?  Look, I’m just a sim­ple middle-aged sub­ur­ban house­wife with a tech­ni­cal school cer­tifi­cate and a cou­ple years of col­lege cred­its under her belt.  I haven’t bal­anced my check­book in over 8 years and I leave most of the impor­tant finan­cial deci­sion to The Husband. Still, it was a [...]
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November Budget Overview

By Suburban Wife | Published: December 5, 2007
Novem­ber marked my sec­ond whole month of using the YNAB soft­ware* and I feel as if I’m get­ting a firmer grip on what the soft­ware can do for me and how to get the most out of it.  The Hus­band will­ingly sat down with me on the last day of the month and looked over the results [...]
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