Showing posts with label Spending Plan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spending Plan. Show all posts
Monday, July 4, 2016

Vacation on a Budget - Doesn't Mean What You Think

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We are less than a week away from our big family vacation.  Hooray!  Most of our planning is done, although we still have a few items to tak...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

Amazon Mom Update

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Almost a year ago, I signed up for Amazon Mom/Prime program . What I have learned, and it is also what I expected, is that having Amazon P...
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Friday, April 22, 2016

Keeping Up With the Joneses - Part I

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So, for the past few years, probably five or so, more and more of my friends and peers, and even people who report up to me at work (so, I...
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Monday, January 11, 2016

Pulled the Trigger

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I wanted to keep my old car, a 2006 sedan, for another year.  But, it didn't happen.  My old car was simply becoming too unreliable, esp...
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Friday, January 8, 2016

Updated 2016 Savings/Financial Goals

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Still working on our goal planning, some changes since I last posted. Definite goals: (1) Max out 401k for each of us, the limits have no...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Cars, cars, cars

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Back in 2008, the first year of this blog, we saved up $17,000 and I bought a 2006 nused car .  While that feels like a short time ago, its...
Friday, March 20, 2015

Updated Net Worth and Housekeeping

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I'm continuing to work on getting our finances back under control. I spent some time this morning working on updating our net worth num...
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Thursday, March 5, 2015

2014 - Final Savings Numbers

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(1) Max out 401k(s) -        $22,588    65%  (goal is $35,000) (2) Max out IRA(s) -         $11,000    100% (goal is $11,000) (3) Add to e...
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Monday, December 16, 2013

Another Budget Proposal

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In my humble opinion, if you have a budget, a spending plan or some other written system for managing your personal finances you are way ahe...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013

What Would You Tell Your Younger Self?

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Over at  Get Rich Slowly  April Dykman posed the question of what would you tell your younger self regarding personal finance.  Below is my ...
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Friday, October 11, 2013

Pedi Toes Lead the Way

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Pedicures certainly should be classified as a want when one is doing a budget or a spending plan.  But for a South Florida gal, like me, the...
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