save money for a camera!

The boyfriend gave me the last chunk of change for the camera and we bought it last night at Cardinal Camera (http://cardinalcamera.com/)!

Although I went in for a Nikon, I came our with the Olympus E-410 ( http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1294). I got the body and two lenses (14-42mm f3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f4.0-5.6), but no accessories. They put together a couple accessory packages for me, but I wanted to scrounge around my parents’ places for any leftover bags, memory cards, etc. first :)

The shop said they plan on having an Olympus rep in soon to give a tutorial on the E410 which will be great to go to. Also, they gave me a coupon good for one free CD and two free prints (4×6 and 8×10) each month for a year. Awesome!

I seriously don’t think I’ve ever waited this long for anything. I was getting a little frustrated, but it finally happened ( thanks, Jase :* ). The coolest part is that so many of my family and friends chipped in for this camera on my birthday. And how will I be repaying them? By forcing them to model, of course! :) :) :)

I’m so glad to get this goal off of this list!

I’m having trouble not getting frustrated with this one. It always seems like there’s something.

Right now, I’m at $552 and I moved the money into a high-interest account.

I had to use some of this savings for my son’s summer camp and for my dog’s lodging while we were on vacation. So, I’m back down to $500.

:-/

This is TORTURE.

Maybe I’ll look for an extra mini job to take on in order to earn this money. I took a side job painting for a few weeks in order to earn the cash to get to a friend’s wedding recently. I’m sure if I put it out there, I’ll find something similar.

Stay tuned.

$610

$585

$560

I want to step this up, but paying off my debt is taking up a lot of my funds ($286/month) and is definitely a priority. When my tax return comes in, I’ll put an extra $25 towards this and for birthday is in September, I’ll ask for donations again, which is where this whole thing started: $485 in camera money from family and friends for my birthday last year. Getting that camera is just going to take a while, I guess :)

$535 … Sheesh… this is taking a while! Maybe I can find a way to step it up :)

$510 :)

$485