ATLfemme

is an Extroverted Self-Knowing Money Manager



I'm doing 12 things
 

How I did it
How to do something nice for myself
It took me
90 days
It made me
feel valued


How to belly dance again
It took me
30 days
It made me
pleased


How to go to Dragon*Con 2009
It took me
365 days
It made me
Overjoyed!


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Recent entries
Rebuild my cash reserve fund (read all 7 entries…)
Made a deposit 5 days ago

I moved $100 into the reserve fund, bringing the balance to a whopping $105. It’s not much, but then, this goal is part of a larger issue – getting my finances under control. I can’t do a lot on rebuilding the cash reserves until I get the spending under control and get the debt down. Rather than get discouraged about this goal, though, I will try to remember:

Even a few drops at a time eventually fill a bucket.



Use up my FSA balance before it expires
Need to use up about $2k before 12/31/09 5 days ago

I put a large chunk of money into my Flexible Spending Account this year, because I knew I’d need glasses and some dental work.

I have a little over $2k left, and if I don’t spend it, it disappears. So, I need to see if I can:
*get in one more dental appointment
*order new glasses
*refill my contact lenses
*get a printout of all the Rx I had filled this year, and cross check it to see if everything got reimbursed or if I need to file for a check
*restock my over the counter medicine supplies with any remaining money

Since it’s already November, I need to get going on this quickly.



Cook and eat what I have before buying more (read all 9 entries…)
Week of 11/2 = Tuna casserole & various sides 5 days ago

2 cans of tuna stirred into homemade macaroni & cheese = fast, easy and only used what I had on hand. The dish used up some of the cheese that was starting to go moldy (had to trim it off), so that’s an extra bonus.

Clearly, it’s not a balanced meal so I will need to cook some vegetables for a side dish.

Overall, this is going reasonably well. October grocery money spent was about half what it was in September. I’d like to see how far into November I can get with the remaining food supplies; only purchasing a few fresh items (onions, cream, butter; etc) to supplement and round out the things I already have.



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