Just tidbits about money and finance.
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I started my new job, and as expected, I am having some difficulties.
Main problem right now is that I have an expense account, and the reimbursement process is off-kilter. I will not have enough cash to cover my expenses from the get-go because of the check reimbursement cycle. I have plenty to cover the first [...]
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Wow. Did I underestimate the transition I’ve got with my new job.
1. I didn’t think I’d have to buy COBRA coverage for very long. I planned for about 2 weeks, but now I’ll need about a month. The good news is that it’s pretty cheap since it was a high deductible plan.
2. Because I worked [...]
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How much are the holidays costing me so far?
$1560 – for three plane tickets to CA from DC and Philly
$162 – for my cabin rental on my camping trip with friends
This does not include the $100 for Christmas presents for the nephews and ~$100-200 for my boyfriend’s present. I’m upping the ante this year because [...]
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Tuesday: No Spend Day #2 this week. Not too shabby.
I packed up some sausage bread pudding for lunch and orange bell pepper sticks. It was a pretty heavy lunch despite the veg so all I had for dinner last night was a little snack. (Triscuits and cheese leftover from camping) I am trying to mind [...]
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So far, I’ve spent $373.98 for the year. That includes a haircut for $22. Not too bad, but I need a few more things as I mentioned before.
Things I hope to buy soon:
Dress winter coat ($150-200)
Dark formal shoes ($80-100)
No-iron shirts (2 @~$50 each)
That’s about it. I am so picky about shoes that it may take [...]
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My motorcycle isn’t running. The carburetor is clogged and so I had to trailer it to my boyfriend’s house and I’ll probably trailer it to our new rental because we’re under severe time constraints. My boyfriend did not have time to fix the engine before we had to move. I’m only trying to get it [...]
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I drive about 300 miles in a week. I use about 4 tanks of gas in a month so my budget is $100 of gas per month at $25 a fill-up.
Lately since the price of 87 octane gas has risen over $2.50+ a gallon and it’s costing me closer to $35 to fill-up. I’ve increased [...]
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The nice thing about having an elastic budget is being able to find cash immediately.
Having the car thrown out of alignment was killing me the other day. I sat looking at my spreadsheets trying to figure out how to make my goals for credit card payoff by the end of the year.
Luckily I just decided [...]
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This year, I got all my Christmas shopping done early because there was very little thinking I had to do. I just threw money around. Kind of awful and artless, I know. But thoroughly appropriate!
1. My mom asked for a new dishwasher. I said, why not get a fridge at the same time so they [...]
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This year, I did a little charitable giving to various places like Modest Needs, Make A Wish Foundation, and Doctors Without Borders. Along with that were donations to Goodwill to clean stuff out of my house.
In DC, it’s all about the Combined Federal Campaign, or CFC. It’s a side effort for government employees to give [...]
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