Monthly Financial Check Up: May 2011
May was a welcome relief to my cash flow after the madness of my April Financial Checkup and I was able to come out $605.24 in the black!!!! I still have a lot to do to make up for the massive...
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Tracking My Finances In 2011: January Week 3
I have decided to post my weekly spending for the previous week on Fridays so you know how my cash has been flowing for the week. Please note that I get paid on the last day of the month so my cash flow net effect will usually be negative until the last day of the month. This does not mean that I am adding to my debt, it just...
Read MoreMoving On To A New Goal
When I started this blog my goal was to get out of debt. I figured I could do this by finding various ways to save money in my life and then using the money to pay off debt. It took me a little while but I finally managed to get out of debt so it is time to move on to a new goal for the blog. I will still continue to save...
Read MoreAdded An Ally Checking Account
So after I received the letter from Chase about increasing the direct deposit to $500 to maintain the free checking account a friend told me about Ally bank and its free checking. I already have a savings account and a CD with Ally so I thought why not go ahead and try it out. I was really impressed with the list of features...
Read MoreTracking My Finances In 2010: December Week 5
I have decided to post my weekly spending for the previous week on Fridays so you know how my cash has been flowing for the week. Please note that I get paid on the last day of the month so my cash flow net effect will usually be negative until the last day of the month. This does not mean that I am adding to my debt, it just...
Read MoreHow Did I Do On My 2010 Goals?
It is time again to look at goals and resolutions from this year and focus on those for next year. For 2010 I decided to have Three Simple Goals and I just wanted to take a look at how I did. My three goals for the year were Reduce Leave Magnetize and I think I did pretty well on them. Reduce meant that I wanted to reduce the...
Read MoreMonthly Financial Update: October 2010
I was able to come out of October 2010 at $278.07 in the black despite spending some extra money on things that were a bit more expensive than I had planned. This was partly due to having a big amount in the splurge fund that I used for some fun stuff for myself, along with getting some more advertising on the blog. I only...
Read MoreThanks For Nothing Chase!
So I have a Chase Freedom card that offered cash back and the most exciting part of that was I was able to redeem 200 cash rewards for a $250 check. I used to get: 3% cash back on my top five spending categories and 1% cash back on all purchases. That meant I was getting a BONUS $50 because all the other redemption points were...
Read MoreTracking My Finances In 2010: October Week 2
I have decided to post my weekly spending for the previous week on Fridays so you know how my cash has been flowing for the week. Please note that I get paid on the last day of the month so my cash flow net effect will usually be negative until the last day of the month. This does not mean that I am adding to my debt, it just...
Read MoreMonthly Financial Update August 2010
I made it through the month of August 2010 and came out $469.13 in the black!!!!! I almost lost my mind when I saw those figures and had to go back and double check because I knew I spent a lot and was over budget in a lot of areas and had even used some splurge fund money as well. The reason for still being in the black...
Read MoreTracking my Finances in 2010: September Week 1
I have decided to post my weekly spending for the previous week on Fridays so you know how my cash has been flowing for the week. Please note that I get paid on the last day of the month so my cash flow net effect will usually be negative until the last day of the month. This does not mean that I am adding to my debt, it just...
Read MoreTracking My Finances In 2010: August Week 2
I have decided to post my weekly spending for the previous week on Fridays so you know how my cash has been flowing for the week. Please note that I get paid on the last day of the month so my cash flow net effect will usually be negative until the last day of the month. This does not mean that I am adding to my debt, it just...
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