Suburban Wife’s Daily Dollar Diary

a financial voyeur’s dream come true: all the intimate details of how, where, and why I spend money

Dear Readers - don’t give up on me just yet

Dear Readers,
First, let me express how deeply touched I am by those of you who reached out to me via email to see if I was okay.  It did my heart good to know that there are people out there reading my blog and who care enough to check up on me.
Second, let me put [...]

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What’s In My Wallet? What’s In My Purse?

sjean over at Stacking Pennies did a What’s In My Wallet? post earlier this week and I thought it looked like fun.  Actually, I’ve been meaning to do something similar to this since starting this blog.
Since I have nothing better to do today (ha!), I thought I’d give you all a snapshot of what I [...]

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Updated About Me Page

Greetings everyone.  If you’re a returning reader, welcome back!  If you’re new, welcome!  Come on in and take a look around.
I’ve finally gotten around to creating an “about me” page here on my new WordPress blog.  The page provides some background on who I am and what my blog is about.  It might help provide a little perspective [...]

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Introducing the Cast of Players

I realized this morning that I haven’t provided a much background info about myself or the other characters mentioned here frequently. I’ve posted a few small tidbits about me so far but nothing comprehensive. So, how about we get a little more personal?
The HusbandHe’s 72 years old. He’s survived [...]

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Our Debt Load

I’ve read a lot of personal finance blogs that are dedicated primarily to tracking the blogger’s journey out from under overwhelming debts. I applaud both the impetus (shedding debt) and the effort of journaling their trek out of the abyss.
There but for the grace of God…
In our case, despite daily credit card use, The Husband [...]

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I am NOT a Trophy Wife… And I Can Prove It

Sometimes it’s called “robbing the cradle.” Another euphemism is “May-December” relationship. My usual way of stating the age difference between The Husband and myself is to say that he is “significantly older than I am.”
The fact is that my husband is 29 years, 2 months, and 25 days older than I am. I usually just [...]

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SWI — Shopping While Impaired

After posting last night’s dollar diary entry and working on today’s, I decided that not only did I need to make Shopping While Impaired an official entry tag but I also needed to write a post explaining this particular term.
About three years ago I went through a really rough patch with my health. About two [...]

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