It's been a long time coming

If you'll notice below, the first post on my blog was completed on January 1, 2005. This started out to be my "artsy" blog - altered books, zines, journals, and confessions about all my "stuff". Too much stuff actually - via the altered arts world. Purchasing supplies for doing artsy things is much more fun for me, it turns out, than actually doing the artwork. But that obsession has now led me to change the direction of my blog.

I've always used the Internet to find deals, save money and be frugal (oh how I miss those start-up sites with all their free giveaways!). Now, I find myself in debt more than I'd like to be - OK, in debt where I *don't* want to be. So after cruising around some of the other "get out of debt" blogs and websites I've decided to confess my own money sins and change the direction of my own blog. Maybe putting my debt out there in front of the whole world (the balances owed on my accounts) and publicly recording my progress will make me more disciplined and more accountable.

I do know HOW to be frugal, I just don't always live in that state. I do know HOW to save money, I just have a bad shopping habit - I LIKE to shop, it's my favorite pastime. I do know WHAT it is I should be doing to get my debit paid off, I just need some extra motivation. So, here's to taking my debit to a whole new level. Please feel free to drop me a line of encouragement. Knowing that being debt free is the way to go, and getting there are two different things.