May Goals: My Review

May Goals (end of month review):

• Make an extra $100. Check! I made $88.44 through my PT job, and $53.78 from PPP opps, for a grand total of $142.22 of extra income this month.

• $200 into Travel Fund. Check! I reduced my contributions from $150 bi-weekly to $100 … but I will increase it again once my raise comes into effect.

• $400 into Retirement Portfolio. Check!

• $200 into Emergency Fund. Check! I was able to deposit $350.

• $200 into Condo Down Payment Fund. Check! I really need to start saving up more for this … but I just don’t know where to cut expenses.

• Successfully complete the May Grocery Challenge. Check! I had $125 to spend, and I’m very pleased to report that I only spent $118.07. I now know that I can stay comfortably around $125/month for my groceries, and I really didn’t even have to try very hard. What I’m happiest about is I was able to cook and provide food for BF a couple of times per week, without having to buy anything extra than what I’d buy for myself.

• Switch my cell phone over to a local Vancouver number. No. I still can’t decide. If I have a Vancouver number, none of my friends from my hometown will call me when I’m back on the island, b/c they’re cheap as hell. But if I keep my old number, I’ll just have to pay these stupid charges whenever I answer my phone when I’m here in Vancouver. Oh, the agony! I should probably switch it over. Maybe.

• Get my dry cleaning done. Pending. Seriously. How many weeks have to go by? Now that I have the use of BF’s car, there is 100% no excuse not to get this done over the next couple of weeks. I think I’m going to bring my dry cleaning home to the island this coming weekend, and then pick it all up again the following week when I’m back.