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Feb 17th, 2015 9:37 am — "Amy O" writes: Andrea – I agree with you 100%! And I [...]
Feb 17th, 2015 9:44 am — "Roxie" writes: Great post Andrea! Many at my church hav[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 9:58 am — "Tammy @ SkipperClan" writes: We are total Dave Ramsey-cultists in the[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 9:59 am — "Nancy" writes: I too don’t like to carry cash, althou[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:02 am — "Holly Moran" writes: I have a friend who does this (they actu[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:03 am — "Andrea" writes: Good point Nancy! I too will TRY to pay [...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:14 am — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Tammy, I knew I could count on yo[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:27 am — "Kim" writes: I use my credit card all the time and pa[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:27 am — "Anne" writes: I believe that credit cards drive up the[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:31 am — "Rebecca@TheFamilyFinder" writes: All of our budgeted expenses are paid fo[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:33 am — "Luca" writes: I’m just like you — it’s all about[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:33 am — "Amanda" writes: My grandparents are retired and on a fix[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:35 am — "Alicia G" writes: Yes to rewards!! It really adds up! We p[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 10:46 am — "Andrea" writes: Wow — I’m surprised you “made the [...]
Feb 17th, 2015 11:29 am — "Summer" writes: Wait until the kiddos start school! I am[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 11:47 am — "Melissa" writes: This is our concern too. We’ve discuss[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 11:53 am — "Pamela" writes: Andrea, Has Dave Ramsey actually said th[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 12:10 pm — "rebecca" writes: We also charge everything too, but I don[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 12:25 pm — "Diana" writes: We use almost this exact system and it w[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 12:32 pm — "Jenny" writes: If you are making the switch I would adv[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 12:35 pm — "Jenny" writes: That is an excellent point. Even if ther[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 1:04 pm — "Tammy @ SkipperClan" writes: I will agree on this point above from Pa[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 1:08 pm — "Tammy @ SkipperClan" writes: Love that you recognized the differences[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 1:10 pm — "Tammy @ SkipperClan" writes: I love reading stories like this! Enjoy [...]
Feb 17th, 2015 1:30 pm — "fern" writes: I deduct credit card purchases from my c[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 2:09 pm — "Elena" writes: Andrea, we do the exact same thing as yo[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 2:32 pm — "Andrea" writes: sweet — I didn’t even know debit car[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 2:34 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes Jenny, I actually had a similar situ[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 2:39 pm — "Laura" writes: Hi Andrea! We cut up all our credit card[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 2:45 pm — "Andrea" writes: Hi Pamela, In the blog post I simply sta[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 3:06 pm — "Liz" writes: A credit card (or debit card) is just a [...]
Feb 17th, 2015 3:51 pm — "sandra" writes: We do exactly the same as you, Andrea, a[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 4:04 pm — "Sarah Wesgate" writes: This is exactly how our family rolls! Ex[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 4:07 pm — "Pamela" writes: Thanks for your reply, Andrea. I think I[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 4:20 pm — "Kelly" writes: We tried the envelope system when we wer[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 4:30 pm — "Diana P" writes: We are 5 years post the Dave Ramsey meth[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 4:49 pm — "Chris k in Wisconsin" writes: We do the same thing. Pay as we go so th[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 4:51 pm — "Andrea" writes: I didn’t read this as one of your reas[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 4:59 pm — "Sarah" writes: What card do you use?
Feb 17th, 2015 5:54 pm — "Ann" writes: Admittedly, we have more than one credit[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 5:58 pm — "Jenny" writes: Credit cards also frequently offer addit[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 5:59 pm — "Ann" writes: Some of it is about knowing yourself. I [...]
Feb 17th, 2015 6:16 pm — "JoDi" writes: I totally agree! Credit cards are an exc[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 6:51 pm — "Liane" writes: Wow you poked the sleeping bear on this.[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 7:54 pm — "Marianne" writes: We use primarily one credit card and pay[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 7:58 pm — "Andrea" writes: haha — yes Liane :) Thanks for your th[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 7:59 pm — "Andrea" writes: yes, exactly! I too have found that I wi[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:00 pm — "Andrea" writes: wow — that’s crazy how quick the sto[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:03 pm — "Andrea" writes: It’s a Meijer Platinum Master Card —[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:07 pm — "Andrea" writes: Hi Andrea (love the name!) OK, so I’m [...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:09 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yeah, I didn’t think I could do the en[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:09 pm — "Megan" writes: I am exactly the same way you are. I use[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:09 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes, I agree Pamela! Thanks :)
Feb 17th, 2015 8:11 pm — "Andrea" writes: I love this Sarah! For the fact that you[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:11 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes Sandra, we’ve actually had the cre[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:12 pm — "Ann" writes: WOW! I feel like we have had a Meijer ca[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:13 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Tammy — your son sounds amazing[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:14 pm — "Andrea" writes: haha — I’ve been told by more than o[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 8:44 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes, I meant it as there is more peace o[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 9:26 pm — "Liane" writes: Yes, Megan, that is why we switched from[...]
Feb 17th, 2015 11:16 pm — "Gina, a book dragon" writes: I got my first credit card while in high[...]
Feb 18th, 2015 1:24 pm — "Cyndi Meyers" writes: My husband and I do the same thing. It s[...]
Feb 18th, 2015 2:19 pm — "Melissa" writes: Thank you. We do enter transactions righ[...]
Feb 18th, 2015 2:30 pm — "Melissa" writes: I love this part of your comment! “I k[...]
Feb 18th, 2015 3:20 pm — "Brenda" writes: I will state ahead of time my bias again[...]
Feb 18th, 2015 3:27 pm — "Andrea" writes: yes, I agree with both of you (as I just[...]
Feb 18th, 2015 8:03 pm — "Char" writes: We do the same for all the same reasons [...]
Feb 18th, 2015 8:15 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks for sharing Char — sorry to hea[...]
Feb 19th, 2015 1:51 pm — "Christy" writes: I love your point of view about using cr[...]
Feb 19th, 2015 4:01 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Christy, For our church, we used [...]
Feb 20th, 2015 8:07 pm — "Stephanie" writes: Not sure if your school does Great Lakes[...]
Feb 21st, 2015 4:15 pm — "Christy" writes: thank you Andrea! I will see if my churc[...]
Feb 22nd, 2015 7:42 am — "Ruth Ehresman" writes: I grew up somewhat anti-credit card, my [...]
Feb 22nd, 2015 9:43 am — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Ruth — for your input and the l[...]
Feb 27th, 2015 2:14 pm — "Nancy" writes: Just revisiting this, Andrea, bc this we[...]
Feb 27th, 2015 2:17 pm — "Nancy" writes: Oops–looks like my comment above was c[...]
Mar 24th, 2015 7:19 pm — "Char" writes: Just wanted to update on our TV situatio[...]
Mar 25th, 2015 12:27 pm — "Andrea" writes: wow — that’s awesome! Thanks for the[...]
May 11th, 2015 12:05 pm — "Andy" writes: Maybe you answered this already but how [...]
May 12th, 2015 10:06 am — "Andrea" writes: I still enter my transactions in the day[...]
May 19th, 2015 11:49 pm — "Chris Macdonnell" writes: Andrea, You have some really great and i[...]
May 20th, 2015 9:51 pm — "Andrea" writes: Thanks Chris, I use this password worksh[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 9:15 am — "Jenn" writes: Hi Andrea- love this “other” perspec[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 9:37 am — "JJ" writes: You were the first blogger that didn’t[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 10:40 am — "KR" writes: I completely agree with this! I love rea[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 10:48 am — "Jenna" writes: I want to get in the habit of earning th[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 11:14 am — "Andrea" writes: Hey Jenna, Honestly, the point of this p[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 11:16 am — "Andrea" writes: haha — that’s crazy! I can not get o[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 11:19 am — "Andrea" writes: you think credit cards will become more [...]
Jan 25th, 2018 11:44 am — "Jackie" writes: I am totally team credit card. I actuall[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 12:41 pm — "Ann" writes: Well said. I so value your common sense [...]
Jan 25th, 2018 2:19 pm — "Ruth" writes: I never could understand the whole cash [...]
Jan 25th, 2018 2:57 pm — "ShellyL" writes: That’s amazing that you can use it for[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 5:38 pm — "Georgia" writes: I also use my credit card for everything[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 5:42 pm — "Jana" writes: We also use credit cards all the time an[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 5:50 pm — "Sandy" writes: I have a card or two. I pay them off eve[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 6:01 pm — "Liane" writes: I’m all for doing this too. I did it f[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 6:06 pm — "Susie" writes: We have done the same as you. We spend a[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 7:03 pm — "Kim" writes: I use my credit card a ton, but I never [...]
Jan 25th, 2018 7:53 pm — "Jenn" writes: Re: the cyber crime, I more meant that i[...]
Jan 25th, 2018 10:34 pm — "Meg" writes: I love this post. We take and leave some[...]
Jan 26th, 2018 10:17 am — "Becky" writes: You might need more cash eventually, but[...]
Jan 26th, 2018 10:21 am — "Becky" writes: Ha! Just realized this comment was from [...]
Jan 26th, 2018 10:58 am — "Babs" writes: YNAB-Ymou Need A Budget- Jesse Mecham; o[...]
Jan 26th, 2018 8:50 pm — "Andrea" writes: yeah, we aren’t quite there yet — No[...]
Jan 26th, 2018 8:51 pm — "Andrea" writes: haha — I love that you freely admit th[...]
Jan 26th, 2018 8:52 pm — "Andrea" writes: ah yes — I understand. I know my siste[...]
Jan 26th, 2018 8:53 pm — "Andrea" writes: wow — that’s amazing! Good for you!
Jan 26th, 2018 8:59 pm — "Andrea" writes: Yes, these comments were old :) but I ag[...]
Jan 30th, 2018 10:28 am — "Sara" writes: I’m really happy that you have said wh[...]
Feb 7th, 2018 1:21 am — "Pixie508" writes: For as long as I can remember, my grandp[...]
Feb 7th, 2018 1:27 am — "Pixie508" writes: Andrea – my husband teases me that I s[...]
Feb 7th, 2018 8:50 am — "Andrea" writes: I actually DO feel safer using credit ca[...]
Aug 26th, 2018 2:44 pm — "Karen" writes: Do you have your monthly payment electro[...]
Aug 27th, 2018 3:01 pm — "Andrea" writes: yes, the credit card bill is directly wi[...]
Jan 5th, 2019 5:34 pm — "G Rogers" writes: I could have written this myself I handl[...]
Jun 12th, 2024 7:20 pm — "Kim" writes: I just realized using CC for monthly bil[...]
Jun 18th, 2024 12:33 pm — "Andrea" writes: Hi Kim, We do have one utility company w[...]
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