Comments on: Challenge Savings Account Update: $406.60

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:06:36 +0000

In reply to Shannon @ Financially Blonde. You're gonna have to as I'm on a Craigslist roll right now and will have quite the nice increase going into month #3 :) I need a sparring partner with this challenge!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:05:36 +0000

In reply to jestjack. Ughhhh we just got a notice saying we have to leave our insurance and go to Obamacare.... Haven't looked into it yet cuz it makes me want to punch myself in the face, but we will be soon. It ends at the end of the year I believe. I'll be blogging about it once I figure it out.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:03:56 +0000

In reply to kay ~ lifestylevoices.com. Good job! That savings account is going to grow like crazy too, especially if you don't touch it for a long time - the 2nd half of the equation :)

By: Revanche

Revanche — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 01:09:14 +0000

In reply to J. Money. *hah* I'm ruthless culling through stuff and PiC is finally getting on board. At first he was like BUT I WANT THEM. Now it's all about racking up the Craigslist sales ;)

By: The Phroogal Jason

The Phroogal Jason — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 15:50:25 +0000

Verizon…shaking my head. I haggled my bill down some time ago and it crept back up. I couldn’t understand what those chargers were and was told “government surcharges and fees.” The lady on the other line couldn’t explain how my bill was reduced but the fees (which apparently you can’t negotiate) has increased incrementally too.

By: Shannon @ Financially Blonde

Shannon @ Financially Blonde — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:22:38 +0000

I just realized I forgot to send you my numbers. We are at $431.33, not as good as last month but that’s because the childcare savings we had last month was used on actual childcare this month. Kids, those pesky net worth drainers. :-) We are thinking about joining the Craigslist challenge, though, to beef up this account more.

By: jestjack

jestjack — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 12:35:02 +0000

Congrats on the progress….I’m with ya on Verizon….it’s a constant battle. Couple of things…TRASH …Private pay here and it ain’t cheap. We opted for no service and made a concerted effort to recycle because it’s free. I seperate “burnables” to be used in the wood stove for heat, food scraps are placed in the compost bin, metal & aluminum are saved and cashed in for $ . One trash can full of metal cans = about $5… To this end we have about a plastic grocery bag of trash every 2 weeks which I deposit at the Aldi trash can when I shop. My BIG question is have you made moves to take on your health insurance coverage and reduce costs? Just got my renewal notice WITH a 13% increase in our premium…What the #@&*##!!! Any ideas…?

By: Athena

Athena — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 02:49:00 +0000

I really like the idea of your challenge and how you’ve been able to save so much! This motivates me to get some stuff out of my garage and on Craigslist! Also, I cut cable a few months ago since I was going back to school and although I borrow my boyfriends Xfinity login here and there, I don’t miss it!

By: kay ~ lifestylevoices.com

kay ~ lifestylevoices.com — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 02:46:48 +0000

Love this post! This past week was the first time we cashed in our change jar and deposited the money ($61) into a separate savings account instead of just taking the money and spending it! It felt so great. We even decided all of the money that would go in there from now on ~ change jar money, scrap metal money, craig’s list money … little extra cash finds like that. You’re so right. We may wish that we’d started doing this ages ago, but looking back just trips you up. And you’re so right that saving a couple of dollars on this or that isn’t a savings if you just end up spending it elsewhere. Seriously, super post! Love it! :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 01:39:11 +0000

In reply to May.

That’s a good idea…. I know a lot of people do it with silver and gold things, especially with coins (I’m a collector so I love this stuff!), but I know other metals can fetch some $$ too… unfortunately/fortunately I don’t have a lot of random metal stuff lying around haha..