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Another Guest Post

Busy week being a ‘Guest’ on other sites. Check out my post on Budgeting in the Fun Stuff about our Journey from Debt. Crystal has a really nice book on Amazon that was one of my motivations for...

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New eBook back at #1 on Amazon

I’m happy to announce the book is back at #1 on Amazon.The post New eBook back at #1 on Amazon appeared first on We Got Outta Debt .

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Hangover from the Holidaze

“I can’t believe I ate the whole thing”…. Those of us at a ‘certain age’ will remember that tag line from TV Commercials for Alka-Seltzer.  Those of us Simpsons fans, will recognize it from a Homer’s...

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See how much you spend on Christmas

One of the great ways we keep track of our Christmas spending is to make a list, check it twice and write down how much each item costs.  Santa does much the same, except of course, the money part....

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National Debt and Personal Debt

I’m back after a bit of a break working on my new book. So what’s been going on since my last post? “Averted” a catastrophe of the fiscal cliff. Lined up the next catastrophe in the form of the Debt...

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How We Earned an Extra $1000 by Switching Cable

We finally did it. In my book  I talk about a way to use negotiation to save money on your monthly bills.  In one of the examples I talk about asking your cable provider for a better deal.  The worst...

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Objects in the Rear View Mirror are much farther than they appear

As much as I try to deny it, I’ve reached “that point” in my life where my age is  closer to Retirement Age than the legal drinking age.  Way back then, my worries were less about saving than they were...

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Updating the book cover

I’m considering updating the cover to my ebook and wanted to get some of your opinions.  Please take a moment to look below and let me know what you think! The form at the bottom will help me tabulate...

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Guest Post – Debt Freedom

I’m happy to present my first guest post by a non-blogger!  I found Bethany on Twitter where she talked about having paid off all her debt except for a little more on her Student Loan.   I wanted to...

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Balancing 401k to Deductions

We owe Uncle Sam some money this year.  We stopped claiming our younger two daughters as dependents on our Taxes this year.  Unfortunately, we didn’t make any adjustments to my withholding earlier and...

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Emergency Fund Financial Study

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!    Emergency Funds, Rainy Day Funds, “Oh Crap” Funds.. call them what you will, the concept of having money stashed aside for the sole purpose of unexpected expenses is a key...

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Reflection & Retirement Planning

After we became ‘eligible’ for AARP, our focus has shifted a bit from the “Get Outta Debt” theme we’d been living under for the last four years.  As anyone who has successfully made that “Outta Debt”...

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Retirement Myths

When you begin to look at retirement from any age, whether you’re 25 and planning ahead (awesome!) or 50 and are thinking.. Hmm.. I wonder what I should do?  You’ll hear from a number of different...

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Over 50 Retirement Planning

So you’ve started a little later than you should.  I know I have, but that doesn’t mean it’s time to just give up. You will just have to be a little more fluid in your goals. According to the 2012 …...

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2013 Tax Day Countdown

It’s just a little over a week until the Tax Man Cometh here in the US. Have you filed yet?  With the delay of the filing season caused by the Congressional Shenanigans of earlier this year, more and...

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Tax Returns as ‘Forced Savings’

According to this post in Mint, many people take advantage of their tax return as the means to  savings.  While the ideas presented in my prior post are things I would do, I should point out that my...

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A Long Strange Journey

I went to a birthday party last night for some friends.  Great time and it was fun watching how silly a bunch of women can get when they get together.  Silly with or without alcohol involved. One of...

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Free Books!

Starting Today, May 19 until June 2 each of my books will be Free on Amazon. Download, read, enjoy and give a review on Amazon if you can. These free download help me out when the books go back to …...

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Thank you for your service

To all Veteran’s and their families… Thank you for your service to our country!The post Thank you for your service appeared first on We Got Outta Debt .

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The 2012 Recession and Financial Planning

The Impact of the recession and how we save is a nice article from Forbes. In it, the author discusses how the short and long-term savings have been impacted.  Based upon an 2009 survey of 25,000...

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