"Secret skimping is out, like false bosoms." - Marjorie Hillis, Orchids on Your Budget, 1937.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Guys.  

I'm unemployed.  Not in a bad way, but not in a good way either.  Just as my income has waned to nil, so has my motivation to live.  Not in a call-for-help kind of way, just in a couch-bound, peanut-butter-by-the-spoonful kind of way.  I'll be back when I wake up.

Saturday, October 5, 2013

October 2013 Net Worth

Emergency Fund: $11,014.61
Checking: $604.01
Medical/Dental: $781.57
Education: $2,044.79
Roth IRA: $12,155.07
401k1: $8,767.12
401k2: $1,504.99
____________
Total Positive: $36,872.16


Rent: PAID
Groceries/Utilities: PAID
Phone: PAID
Subway: PAID
Credit cards: $618.00
____________
Total Negative: $618.00


Net Worth: $36,254.16


Sunday, September 1, 2013

September 2013 Net Worth

Emergency Fund: $11,007.85
Checking: $220.53
Medical/Dental: $781.09
Education: $2,043.53
Roth IRA: $11,593.09
401k1: $8,356.72
401k2: $1,131.07
____________
Total Positive: $35,133.88


Rent: PAID
Groceries/Utilities: PAID
Phone: PAID
Subway: PAID
Credit cards: $784.85
____________
Total Negative: $784.85


Net Worth: $34,349.03


Big month, guys.  Not great.  I was up for a promotion at work, so I made some frantic clothing purchases in an effort to look a bit more professional/stylish.  Since I do all my clothes shopping online, the bulk of it didn't work for me, so I've got hundreds (eesh) of dollars in returns to make.  And the best part: I didn't get the promotion.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

August 2013 Net Worth

Emergency Fund: $10,819.93
Checking: $348.52
Medical/Dental: $780.59
Education: $1,882.32
Roth IRA: $12,023.63
401k1: $8,711.14
401k2: $1,164.47
____________
Total Positive: $35,730.60


Rent: PAID
Groceries/Utilities: PAID
Phone: PAID
Subway: PAID
Credit cards: $41.84
____________
Total Negative: $41.84


Net Worth: $35,688.76

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

July 2013 Net Worth

Emergency Fund: $10,813.07
Checking: $257.35
Medical/Dental: $780.09
Education: $3,495.56
Roth IRA: $11,407.27
401k1: $8,316.97
401k2: $832.24
____________
Total Positive: $35,902.55


Rent: PAID
Groceries/Utilities: PAID
Phone: PAID
Subway: PAID
Credit cards: $740.19
____________
Total Negative: $740.19


Net Worth: $35,162.36


Youch.  I used a chunk of my Education fund to pay for enrollment in a new, rather expensive course.  I've also done some online shopping in an effort to look more... current?  Less mid-lifey?  My 5-years-younger friends at work said I could "literally be on What Not to Wear."  That clearly hit me right in the feels.

Monday, June 3, 2013

June 2013 New Worth


Emergency Fund: $10,406.48
Checking: $186.48
Medical/Dental: $779.61
Education: $4,517.81
Roth IRA: $11,556.83
401k1: $8,435.68
401k2: $637.66
____________
Total Positive: $36,520.53


Rent: PAID
Groceries/Utilities: PAID
Phone: PAID
Subway: PAID
Credit cards: $287.84
____________
Total Negative: $287.84


Net Worth: $36,232.69


Sunday, May 5, 2013

May 2013 Net Worth


Emergency Fund: $10,101.16
Checking: $290.59
Travel: $0.02
Medical/Dental: $452.14
Education: $4,115.10
Roth IRA: $11,588.55
401k1: $8,513.13
401k2: $642.82
____________
Total Positive: $35,703.51


Rent: PAID
Groceries/Utilities: PAID
Phone: PAID
Subway: PAID
Credit cards: $117.81
____________
Total Negative: $117.81


Net Worth: $35,585.70


Another hard month.  More dental work, and it's far from over.  My credit card bills have been high, mostly from said dental work, but I still have to cut down on the day-to-day junk.