Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Tonight is the Backstreet Boys concert at GM Place! I’m going with a couple of friends, and it should be a really good time. I haven’t heard any of the new BSB songs, so they’d better play a bunch of oldies. And I swear, if any of the girls around me start crying and doing the hand-reaching thing (we’re in the upper level of GM Place), I will walk right out of the arena. Before the show, I’m meeting the girls for dinner. So that should be about $15-20.

Well, it’s been 1.5 weeks, and I haven’t heard back from the dream job yet, so I’m assuming I didn’t get selected for the second round of interviews. They said if I was chosen, I’d hear back within a week. It’s really disappointing, because I have the skills and the experience – but with jobs like that with companies like that, it’s really all about who you know. So, no worries. I’ve got a great new job, and in the meantime I’ll just keep plugging away and keeping my eye on the job board with that company. I don’t expect … Continue reading →

This past weekend I went camping with 2 good friends. It was a really fun time, despite being poured on for most of the weekend. My only complaint was that it wasn’t warm enough to go for a dip in the lake. All in all, I spent about $100 for 3 nights of camping – which included food, alcohol, firewood and camping fees. Pretty cheap for a great weekend away with the girls. BF came up yesterday morning to help us tear down the site (he had driven me up there on Friday and helped to set up the site … Continue reading →

Well, I decided to max out my EF by taking the money out of my Condo Down Payment Fund. My original EF goal was $3k. I’ve upped it to $5k, but I’m just going to set it up to automatically transfer $50 bi-weekly into the EF. $3k right now is enough for 4 months worth of expenses if I suddenly lose my job or something – and if things got really really tough, I could either move home for a while, or with BF. $3k makes me comfortable, so I’m content to just slowly and steadily build up the EF … Continue reading →