Ever since we bought this house, 6.5 years ago, C and I have wanted to replace our refrigerator. It is small and not fabulous. But every time we looked at replacing it, we would realize that we could only replace it with another refrigerator exactly like it because of the height issue. The over the fridge cabinets come down far enough that there is only one model of refrigerator that will fit in that space. Ifread more…
Day Amount Place Category Monday $23.00 safeway groceries Tuesday $54.75 steam allowance Wednesday $25.00 SODA pets Thursday $32.25 olive garden eating out Saturday $15.00 contest entry allowance Not a whole lot of spending this week. This is our first weekend getting back to the every other week CostCo run, and while there are things we’re low on, we’re definitely fine not having gone. I will be going to Safeway every Monday for the little things thatread more…
This weekend, I’m all about celebrating the good in my life. Next week at work is going to suck, because we will be announcing layoffs. But I don’t have to think about that just yet. Instead, I am celebrating budget season being over. I am celebrating starting today with a trip to the dog park with friends. While it’s wet out, we really didn’t get rained on that much in the hour we were there. Iread more…
Last August, I wrote about our experience investing with Prosper. At the time, we had had money invested there for 4.5 years. Given that that is still one of my most popular posts, I thought that maybe it was time for an update. Hence, this post. On some level, not a lot has changed since last August. We have not added any new money to the account. No notes have been paid in full since then,read more…
Over at Debt Black Hole (where personal finance and geek culture meet- is it any wonder I’m a fan), Dave does a monthly post on his family’s financial nemesis- eating out. Having done our 3rd quarter budget review last week, I had to wonder, do we have a financial nemesis? Searching for Clues It used to be eating out. I won’t lie about that. When the MIL lived with us especially, we ate out a lot,read more…
Day Amount Place Category Tuesday $19.81 safeway Groceries Wednesday $52.00 safeway Groceries Friday $39.50 costco Groceries So I have to say, I was happily surprised when putting together this week’s spending report. I felt like we were spending more because I was at the grocery store last Sunday, and again on Tuesday and Wednesday, but aside from grocery shopping, we didn’t actually spend any money this week. The trip Wednesday was also not because we forgotread more…
We have no theme this week, just blog posts I like. And since I have to leave the house in 30 minutes, this is going to be quick. Daisy reminds us exactly what her blog is called Add Vodka with the Best Mixed Drinks You’ve Never Heard Of. These sound pretty good. But let me let you in on a little secret- you do not want to drink kiwi vodka. Just trust me on thatread more…
At the end of every quarter, I take a look at our actual spending as compared to what I budgeted at the end of last year. I don’t panic as long as there has been money to pay for everything and we aren’t raiding savings on a continual basis to pay for things, but, especially as the year winds down, I like to have an idea of what changes I need to make to the budgetread more…
This is the first post in a new series on jobs high schoolers have never heard of. I don’t mean literally, of course. Some high school students have parents or relatives who work in these jobs. At the same time, these aren’t jobs that most high school seniors would name if you asked them what they wanted to do after college. My goal is to highlight jobs that pay well (or very well), generally require aread more…
Day Amount Place Category Tuesday $14.50 safeway Groceries Wednesday $27.25 teriyaki Eating Out Thursday $8.25 safeway Groceries Friday $200.00 APICS allowance $80.25 Frys allowance $19.50 terrible beauty Eating Out Saturday $60.75 costco Groceries sunday $8.50 parking car $12.00 ice cream Eating Out $27.25 safeway Groceries Crazy at work led to a pretty relaxed weekend. On Friday, I finally paid the membership fee to join APICS, one of the professional societies for Operations managers. After work, weread more…
