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[Sarah]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Goodness, FB, I don't know how you do it. Jeff and I lived on pennies when we were first married, but with kids in the house--they're like a money funnel. I do everything I can to be frugal. I shop consignment, we don't eat out very much, etc.

One thing is...we don't use any credit cards. So when we do buy something, we pay cash rather than using credit to pay it off. I think that sometimes presents the illusion that we aren't as "well off" as we are, because we accumulate things a little more slowly than those who just pile it all on a credit card and bring it home. In the long run, of course, it works out better.

We have one credit card, and put almost everything (gas, food, entertainment, etc) on it, and pay it off at the end of the month. The card will pay a percentage toward a new car, so after four of five years, we have about two thousand dollars toward a new vehicle.

We've been doing this for years........it really helps when we go auto shopping!

[Nahum]

Wow, you people are way too open with your bidness.

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

Wow, you people are way too open with your bidness.

Now, look, if you can tell us everytime you catch a fish, then I can share whether or not we use credit cards!

Inny waze, isn't it an anonymous poll?

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Now, look, if you can tell us everytime you catch a fish, then I can share whether or not we use credit cards!

Inny waze, isn't it an anonymous poll?

HAHAHAHA!!!!!


Fishing is rather personal, isn't it?

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Pastor Poster

HAHAHAHA!!!!!


Fishing is rather personal, isn't it?

Facetiousness is your forte, isn't it?

[Nahum]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Facetiousness is your forte, isn't it?

If I knew what forte meant, I could answer.

But, yes, I love being a trouble-maker.

My mom always told me to find something I was good at, and stick to it.

[ForeverBlessed]

Originally Posted by Michael Phelps

One of the pleasant surprises I found in Omaha is that that housing prices are around 12% below the national average. I bought a new home here for much less than I could have purchased the same home in Michigan.

However, the caveat is the taxes are much higher.

Reason being, there are 1.7 million people in Nebraska, and between Omaha and Lincoln, there are nearly 1.1 million of them, lol.

So, the two cities are pretty much carrying the taxes for the entire state.

I always thought my house taxes were high until I started asking around to others here. They recently went up, but I still am not paying bad taxes. i think our taxes are higher than the city of Indy though.

Housing is definitely cheaper in some areas than others.. about 6 years ago, you couldn't touch a decent house under 100K, but because of the housing market, you can now... housing market is sad right now.

[ForeverBlessed]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

Goodness, FB, I don't know how you do it. Jeff and I lived on pennies when we were first married, but with kids in the house--they're like a money funnel. I do everything I can to be frugal. I shop consignment, we don't eat out very much, etc.

One thing is...we don't use any credit cards. So when we do buy something, we pay cash rather than using credit to pay it off. I think that sometimes presents the illusion that we aren't as "well off" as we are, because we accumulate things a little more slowly than those who just pile it all on a credit card and bring it home. In the long run, of course, it works out better.

I don’t know other than God does bless me.
I shop consignment and my kids absolutely love Goodwill… we make it a game and I give each money amount and they build outfits from store to store… they know brand names and are very much in style…we can take a Saturday and it is our entertainment. (so thankful I have girls).

Whenever I get any type of monetary gift, and when I get my tax check I buy clothes and shoes for school…so that makes me buying when things go on sale end of season in Feb/March. That makes things easy.

I’ve been told that I am a good money manager….and I’ve had others actually ask me to budget for them..and I have done this for them. They are not willing to go by my rules in the end.


When I look back over the last 5 years or so … I can see the hand of God in my life and finances… it could only be him.

[Monkeyman]

I make over 200K gathering personal information on people, wages & incomes for instance...thanks for all the help! I'll send you a free Maaackdonald's coffee.












j/k or am I

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed

I don’t know other than God does bless me. I bring home about $1,600 a month..sometimes a little more if I get overtime, but I put 4% of my income into 401K and health insurance is taken from my check as well… I don’t pay federal taxes, but I do pay in state/local taxes.

I shop consignment and my kids absolutely love Goodwill… we make it a game and I give each money amount and they build outfits from store to store… they know brand names and are very much in style…we can take a Saturday and it is our entertainment. (so thankful I have girls)..

I love Goodwill, too. I buy a lot of things for the girls there--although they never really have anything nice for boys. I brand shop, so almost everything I buy there is Gap, Old Navy, Copper Key, Osh Kosh, etc.

Okay, so I have a funny story for you--I was just at our local Goodwill yesterday looking for Hannah some new skirts. I'm not sure if they're all the same, but at our Goodwill, all the kids' clothes are $1.99 each, and the ladies' skirts are $5.99. (Remember those prices.)

Every now and then I'll find a kids' brand skirt in the ladies' section, and when I do, they'll give me the kids' price. Well, I had a whole pile of tops and skirts, and I had found two Copper Key girls' skirts in the ladies' section, sizes 10 and 12. (girls' sizes)

When I got up to the cash register, I asked the cashier to reprice the two skirts to the $1.99 price. She replied, "Oh, no, I can't do that, and besides these are Junior's sizes." I said, "No, these are kids' sizes--see, I have a child's shirt in the same brand from the kids' section!" (showed her the Copper Key shirt) She insisted, "No, once it's priced I can't change it." I said, "Well, you've done it for me before...."

She looked at me, serious as can be, and said, "Well, I could give them to you TWO FOR THREE DOLLARS!" I looked back, just as serious, and said, "Great, that works for me."

When I told my pastor, he laughed, and then said, "I can't believe you were dickering with Goodwill!"