Tuesday, May 13th, 2008
The stimulus rebate intended for the Rocket household arrived in our checking account late last week and we have began discussing plans for that money. Ultimately, the money will simply reduce our budget deficit for the year, however we want to make sure that the free money makes the greatest ...
Posted in food | No Comments »
Friday, May 2nd, 2008
Earlier this week I shared that I use Excel for our family budget. In the spreadsheet I have set the formula in one particular cell to show our average monthly surplus or deficit as we move through the year. Since we are currently making a fairly large rent payment in ...
Posted in budget | 8 Comments »
Monday, April 14th, 2008
We just earned a $250 cash reward check from the Chase Freedom credit card. It took us about 11 months to earn $200 in the rewards account. Once card owners have saved that much, Chase kicks in another $50. The cash back represents one to three percent of everything that ...
Posted in credit cards | 9 Comments »
Monday, February 11th, 2008
At our house, we try to make extra money wherever we can. Bank bonuses and credit card bonuses made us almost $3,000 last year. A much riskier strategy, credit card arbitrage, made us another thousand dollars. I admit that making money this way is not for everyone. I don't plan ...
Posted in budget | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Ebates is offering a $10 sign-up bonus again! The bonus was only $5 for the last two weeks, but if you sign up through this link, and make a purchase before February 14th, you will get a $10 bonus. I just found a new store at Ebates that I plan to ...
Posted in Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
A debate over credit cards has been swirling between Ana of Debt-FREE Revolution and Madison of My Dollar Plan. I really hate to get on the bad side of Ana - she has a serious antipathy toward plastic - but I must come down on the side of Madison.
You see, ...
Posted in about me, bonuses, credit cards, frugality | 11 Comments »
