About Me

29 yr old female trying to keep it together. I call my financial life a work in progress because though I have always had frugal inclinations I only recently started on an informal financial education with an end goal to make my money work for me! Of course I can be weak. Thai food, traveling, self-justification and laziness eat away at my savings. But I am getting there. I think. I used to be very jealous of the Jones' but now realize that they are broke and stressed so I prefer my own progress and accomplishments. My life may not be flashy but I have seen the consequences of a high-end lifestyle. I count myself lucky to be alive and aware in these economic times because I have learned so much and believe that in the long run I will come out farther ahead from a little suffering now. As long as I am not regressing, then I am pleased.

Fun fact to help navigate my posts: BB = Baseball Boy. My husband.
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2008 Short Term Goals
[x]Eliminate Credit Card debt
[X]Get married and pay off the wedding IN FULL
[X]Travel for 3 weddings and pay for each visit IN FULL
[x]Rescue a dog and pay all costs for him/her IN FULL
______________DONE!!_____________

2009 Short Term Goals
[ ]Save ALL eBay income in 2009
[X]Get a full time job
[X]Begin saving rental income for eventual rental renovation
[X]Buy a house with 20% down
[ ]Build a $4k Emergency Fund
[ ]Save 10k towards a back deck, backyard landscaping, and kitchen redo
[ ]Save $2k toward new car for hubby
[X] Pay $50 month extra on the mortgage

Long term goals *start by 2010*
[ ]Live on one income/bank the other income
[ ]Start an IRA for Baseball boy
[ ] have 1 NSD a week

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My November 2008 Wedding:
Total $23,630...Paid in Full! And had a BLAST!

2009 eBay Challenge $100/month:
$55

2009 Mortgage Challenge $50 extra/month!
So far I have added:
$375.00 extra principle payment!
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Quotes to keep me on track:

"Save FIRST and then spend the leftover, not spend first and save what's left."

"How you spend your money today effects the life you will live tomorrow."

BOO!! HISS!

September 24th, 2009 at 10:00 am

My company took away the facilitator job oppertunity. My boss's boss told my boss it was a conflict of scheduling because she wanted me available on Saturdays (news to me) for when our program gets really busy. The facilitator job is on Saturdays.

I am sooooo disapointed. I am sooooo annoyed. My boss is annoyed too because that means he has to do the job- only he wont get paid.

So I told him to keep me in mind if we could work it out and he asked me to keep in mind anyone I know with a masters degree who would be willing to do it.

grrrrr....$1200 a month income taken away from me so I am available to work Saturdays with no extra pay.

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6 Responses to “BOO!! HISS!”

dmontngrey Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 10:15 am

Ah man... I'd be pissed too.
Broken Arrow Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 11:14 am

Wow, that is annoying!
creditcardfree Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 11:24 am

Darn. That's disappointing.
Ima saver Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 11:50 am

Sorry to hear that!
LuxLiving Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 05:19 pm

Stand up for yourself if you can w/o getting fired. This rips a big one! Cry foul.

BOO HISS is right!
frugaltexan75 Says:
September 24th, 2009 at 06:55 pm

Wow! They never mentioned that you might have to work Saturdays?? That would really tick me off (for me esp. because Saturday is my church day - and I've had to forgo many jobs because they required possible Saturday hours.)

I hope something is able to be worked out.

Gamecock's Mind over Money

Trying to keep life from falling apart, trying to become a person to be proud of.

BOO!! HISS!

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