Comments on: Beans & Rice http://www.thewriterbee.com/2008/07/02/beans-and-rice/ "Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." Benjamin Franklin Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:02:08 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Debt & Taxes | The Writer Bee http://www.thewriterbee.com/2008/07/02/beans-and-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-985 Debt & Taxes | The Writer Bee Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:20:11 +0000 http://thewriterbee.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-985 [...] I managed to pay off another credit card yesterday!  This is a HUGE deal for me since it’s the first debt payoff I’ve been able to make happen in 6 months, so I’m pretty excited.  Party on Wayne.  This was my Best Buy card which I had used under [...] [...] I managed to pay off another credit card yesterday!  This is a HUGE deal for me since it’s the first debt payoff I’ve been able to make happen in 6 months, so I’m pretty excited.  Party on Wayne.  This was my Best Buy card which I had used under [...]

]]> By: Tim Kiser http://www.thewriterbee.com/2008/07/02/beans-and-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-397 Tim Kiser Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:09:42 +0000 http://thewriterbee.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-397 Thanks for sharing your struggles and successes. Breaking free from debt is difficult but also satisfying and life changing! 2010 is just around the corner and I have a feeling the air in Antartica will be much sweeter when it is paid without having debt attached to it. Keep it up! Thanks for sharing your struggles and successes. Breaking free from debt is difficult but also satisfying and life changing! 2010 is just around the corner and I have a feeling the air in Antartica will be much sweeter when it is paid without having debt attached to it.

Keep it up!

]]> By: Mikki http://www.thewriterbee.com/2008/07/02/beans-and-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-395 Mikki Sun, 06 Jul 2008 21:40:55 +0000 http://thewriterbee.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-395 Great post. I know exactly what you mean about being single, sometimes I WISH I had the support then when I see people fighting over money I change my mind lol. I am pretty much like you by year end I will be half way done with my snowball paying off 18,000, I never thought it was possible now I see a future for my life and my future family and I see the sacrifice is worth it. I been eating hot dogs and recently I found this pack of frozen chines food and its awsome!! I can eat off that all week!! lol Great post. I know exactly what you mean about being single, sometimes I WISH I had the support then when I see people fighting over money I change my mind lol. I am pretty much like you by year end I will be half way done with my snowball paying off 18,000, I never thought it was possible now I see a future for my life and my future family and I see the sacrifice is worth it.

I been eating hot dogs and recently I found this pack of frozen chines food and its awsome!! I can eat off that all week!!

lol

]]> By: The Writer Bee http://www.thewriterbee.com/2008/07/02/beans-and-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-394 The Writer Bee Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:23:24 +0000 http://thewriterbee.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-394 I count everything I buy at the grocery store as part of my "Food" spending - I would go nuts if I tried to separate everything out. That's way too detailed for me... It's about all I can do to just stick to the budget at all! :) So if it can be purchased at the grocery store, then it's part of my Food budget...towels, toilet paper, etc. The only thing I do separate out is dog food - that's part of "Pet Care". And I wouldn't discount how much Les eats and the girls as well! I'm pretty sure that if I were a guy, my food budget would probably double. They just tend to be bigger and need more calories in a day than we do! Plus, I think I can sometimes get away with less because I only have to buy food I want to eat vs. having to shop for what I want and what others may want. I think that makes a difference too. I count everything I buy at the grocery store as part of my “Food” spending – I would go nuts if I tried to separate everything out. That’s way too detailed for me… It’s about all I can do to just stick to the budget at all! :) So if it can be purchased at the grocery store, then it’s part of my Food budget…towels, toilet paper, etc. The only thing I do separate out is dog food – that’s part of “Pet Care”. And I wouldn’t discount how much Les eats and the girls as well! I’m pretty sure that if I were a guy, my food budget would probably double. They just tend to be bigger and need more calories in a day than we do! Plus, I think I can sometimes get away with less because I only have to buy food I want to eat vs. having to shop for what I want and what others may want. I think that makes a difference too.

]]> By: Es http://www.thewriterbee.com/2008/07/02/beans-and-rice/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Es Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:07:07 +0000 http://thewriterbee.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-393 I think that your food bill is amazing . . . really. I literally spend $200 a WEEK on grocs. Granted I have a big eating husband and two lesser eating, but pricier, children to feed, still it's crazy that what you eat in one month is less than what we eat (I mean spend) in a month. And I am a good shopper - you know, once a week, no whim buys, stick to the list. Do you separate out true groceries from more like household goods? Like how to you categorize soap and say, paper towels? Because if we separated out toiletries and household goods our bill would go way down - but of course we don't right now. Anyway - v. interesting and way to go! I think that your food bill is amazing . . . really. I literally spend $200 a WEEK on grocs. Granted I have a big eating husband and two lesser eating, but pricier, children to feed, still it’s crazy that what you eat in one month is less than what we eat (I mean spend) in a month. And I am a good shopper – you know, once a week, no whim buys, stick to the list. Do you separate out true groceries from more like household goods? Like how to you categorize soap and say, paper towels? Because if we separated out toiletries and household goods our bill would go way down – but of course we don’t right now. Anyway – v. interesting and way to go!

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