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Back on track,plus any Lost fans out there?

May 3rd, 2007 at 06:58 pm

Today was a no spend day... the first of the month! I packed all my food & drinks for work today & I have meal plans for Friday and Saturday.

I'll have completed 10 hours of OT by Friday, and if there are any hours available on Sunday, then I'll work then too.

Yesterday I sent an additional $75.00 payment to my school loan.

I was paid on the 30th, paid all my bills that I pay out of that check. Then I set aside cash for expected expenses between now & the 15th. Since I received the $50.00 visa gift card for my birthday, I decided to use that for some of my expected spending (groceries & gas) and use that extra $50.00 cash towards the student loan. I also used a 10.00 deposit (received for signing up on e-statements on my checking). I also squeezed another 15.00 from the budget.

So between now & the 15th, when I get paid again, I have:

$18.75 Spending money
$40.00 gas money
$10.00 gift (need to plan for mothers day)
$20.00 oil change (need to do asap)
$20.00 medical (expected 3 month supply of 1 prescription)
$6.03 clothes (which I'll be carrying into June)

Plus I have some money sitting in my house checking, ready for my mortgage, water, ect.

I've been listening to Dave Ramsey pretty regularly, so I decided to get the Total Money Makeover from the library again. I'll be picking it up on my lunch break. I'm excited to re-read it.

My goal for May is to limit my discretionary spending as much as possible. I need to prepare for the loss of overtime at the end of May. I also need to look to find alternate sources of income. Fun stuff Smile

And for any Lost fans out there... did you see last nights episode?!? It was SO good. I hear the season finale is going to be a 2 hour episode! Woo hoo!

Posted in saving on food, goals, no spend, Overtime | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Back on track,plus any Lost fans out there?”

  1. Fern Says:
    May 3rd, 2007 at 08:03 pm 1178219004
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    Lost is getting a bit too sci-fi for me. I miss the old days when there were no "others."

    And what's with the big guy who still hasn't lost any weight after all this time on an island?

    Any why isn't anyone really, really sunburnt?

  2. moi aussi Says:
    May 3rd, 2007 at 08:19 pm 1178219982
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    I was planning to watch Lost after my finals but I happened to catch a glimpse of the ad. where there were other people and civilization, and I lost interest.
    I watch Grey's Anatomy-- such chick TV I know. It's gotten bad too since Meredith's "after life" show. Today is the 2 hour program. I am not too keen, but I know I will watch it.
    Another show I like is The Office Smile I might start watching Heroes after my finals now.

  3. JanH Says:
    May 3rd, 2007 at 09:52 pm 1178225562
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    My kids got me to watching it while I was living with them after Hurricane Rita. Since I don't have that many TV favorites, it was great to have something to get into while we were waiting to return home. We rented the first season so I could catch up and they wouldn't have to explain everything. They don't miss a LOST night and I have to keep up!

  4. homebody Says:
    May 4th, 2007 at 04:28 am 1178249298
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    Lost yes, me, me, me! I also love The Office. Did you see it a couple of weeks ago when the tall side kick geeky guy was the hero. That was LOL funny!

    Lost is starting to look like purgatory don't ya think?

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