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HouseHopeful

a 37 year old's adventures in home ownership

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CC DEBT AS OF 12-31-2014:
$16,107.06
Car Loan Bal as of 12-31-2014:
$1595.93

CC Debt as of Aug 2015: $0
Car Loan Bal as of April 2015: $0

CC Debt as of Jan 2018 $11,360.76
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Retirement Assets (Self Only): As of 12-31-2014
$74,658.54

As of 4/2/2015
$80,109.11

As 5/4/2015
$82,853.28

As of 5/19/2015
$84,246.46

1/1/2016 $89,377.35
3/1/2016 $87,633.98
3/22/2016 $94,300.61
5/17/16 $99,549.83
5/27/16 $100,660.76
7/31/16 $107,362.92
8/26/16 $109,610.23
9/20/16 $110,054.89
11/01/16 $112,132.23
12/18/16 $117,088.35
01/13/17 $119,243.90
02/23/17 $127,704.18
03/28/17 $130,107.48
04/30/17 $135,720.07
05/22/17 $136,711.31
06/14/17 $141,464.07
07/20/17 $146,100.07
09/04/17 $149,598.07
09/29/17 $152,321.29
10/16/17 $156,438.32
11/17/17 $159,210.07
12/19/17 $164,816.36
01/01/18 $166,215.07
01/15/18 $172,362.92

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2018 Financial Goals (FLUID THIS YEAR)

• I have a goal of an average 15-20 OT hours per 2 week pay period while at the current job
• Continue monthly networking events
• Revamp household budget
• Meal plan weekly in an attempt to lower all household expenses.
• Continue tracking all personal and household spending
• Complete cash only gifts/holiday spending in 2018
• Find a new job
• No new debt
• Payoff existing debt
• Post here weekly at least. Helps for accountability
• Continue 16% 401k contribution personally until new job/budget reset

New Laptop

April 23rd, 2015 at 01:05 am

There was a little accident with my current laptop and it is now dead. Luckily, I periodically back up my photos, etc online.

My husband's computer has been slowly dying and we've been cashflowing for a new one. Well, now we 'need' two, so we bought them today. His & Hers laptops lol. We got some good upgrade deals and spent $399 each.

We have the cash for his and the overtime I have coming in next Friday's check will cover mine. This will STILL not derail my goal of having that credit card paid off by August, so I feel like I am not putting my wants in front of my goal.

The only reason we didn't wait on mine was 1. the deal and 2. My dad's 70th birthday is coming up and I have been working on a photography project for a present/party and I need to be able to continue that project, which needs to be complete by mid-May.

I know its a lot of justifications, but if we are not changing my payoff goal and we don't go into debt for the purchase, I can't say that I feel too badly about it.

Posted in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “New Laptop”

creditcardfree Says:
April 23rd, 2015 at 01:09 am 1429751390
1429751390

Sounds like you did find a great deal!
snafu Says:
April 23rd, 2015 at 01:16 am 1429751799
1429751799

Enjoy the new laptop. I'm trying to decide if an iPad would serve my needs just as well as a laptop. DH seems to only use his laptop 15% of the time since he was gifted a new iPad last year.
VS_ozgirl Says:
April 23rd, 2015 at 08:09 am 1429776545
1429776545

You're doing well, don't feel guilty about replacing something
FrugalTexan75 Says:
April 24th, 2015 at 03:45 am 1429847151
1429847151

Good thing you had everything backed up!

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