Give Me Back My Five Bucks

Oh, the tragedy of my April Monthly Budget. I’ve been dreading this recap, and it really is horrifying. I’m in shock and embarrassed as to how awful I did. Sure, I was super mega stressed out, but I didn’t need to spend so much money. There’s that emotional shopper in me. Granted, a lot of the expense was the car accident, and these numbers do include the purchase of the new car (less the $1,600 for the sale of the scooter). It doesn’t count my insurance though. I’m happy that I had my Emergency Fund there to bail me out … Continue reading →

Hoorah! This blog was named one of the 100 Best Financial Planning Blogs, according to www.onlinembaguide.net. Congrats to the other PF bloggers who were also mentioned. :)

So the digital camera that I listed this morning is now sold! I put it as my Facebook status, and I got a response right away. The camera went to my sister’s ex-boyfriend. Kind of random, but whatever. I cut him a deal, and he got it for $100 including shipping. I probably could have sold it for $150 on eBay + shipping. But he’s just a poor college student, and I know what that felt like. Not being able to afford anything but junk.

I called PC Financial yesterday to see if I could 1) get more access to money deposited into the ATM – currently I only have access to the first $1k, and 2) apply for overdraft protection. Let me first start off by saying I heart PC Financial. Even though they’re an online bank, their customer service reps are always very helpful, and I’ve never had a problem with them before. They’re fab. Plus, who doesn’t like free banking? The rep I talked to said I qualified for $1,500 access to ATM money (apparently you can only go up in $500-step … Continue reading →

Okay, here is my budget and my goals for the month of May. BF will be able to either borrow a friend’s truck or his work van to help me move to his house, so I won’t need to worry about moving costs. I’ll treat him to a nice dinner of course. :) I’m going to try to slowly move a few boxes here and there over the month of May, so that by the time BF borrows a moving vehicle, we’ll only have the big things to bring. Last fall when I was moving into this apartment, everything was … Continue reading →