Sabrina’s Money Madness

I was on vacation so I haven’t walked to the bank to make my deposit into my house savings account. I usually go on Monday or when my coworker is not here since she’s my lunch partner. She had a flat tire this morning which was late for work. To make up her time, she’s […]

Most of my family still lives in the southern NJ and Philly area where they just got hit with Irene. Everyone said it wasn’t so much the wind as much as it was the rain. Streets and homes were flooded, there was damage to kitchens including the undermount sink that some people have. Basements are a mess so if anyone had a gameroom […]

I want to take a really quick vacation this fall, but I don’t want to carry all of this extra weight around with me. It makes it very uncomfortable to sit in those small airline seats. While I have started watching what I eat and I’m also exercising, I may have to add some weight […]

It should have been a goal a long time ago but I never really thought about it. I have small random amounts of money that goes through my fingers that I never really keep track of. Some of it is from surveys or small cash prizes that I win, most of the time it’s under […]

I was pretty surprised to hear someone admit that they had fallen for one of those investment schemes. Especially someone who works for a bank. But I’ve also learned that most of the people who work at banks aren’t financially savvy at all. Most of my coworkers have no idea about credit, debt, or even […]

It turns out she didn’t need a charger, after I had already purchased one. Sigh. She broke the piece on the phone where you put the charger. So she needs one of those charging mats where you just sit your phone down. Those things cost $60 from T-Mobile or between $45-50 from Ebay or Amazon. […]

I don’t know what some people are thinking. I know the economy is in bad shape so people are panicking and putting money wherever they think they can make a buck.
One of my coworkers and her friend invested in a foreign currency, the Iraqi Dinar. The premise is that after the rebuilding effort, the currency […]

The Dow dropped 500 points in 1 day and people were just losing their minds. Never mind the fact that the next day it roared back, people were already spooked. I had coworkers talk about putting all of their money in money market accounts because they had lost $50. Yes that does say “Fifty”. I […]

It seems like I’m always fighting with a service provider. This time it’s my cellular provider. I really hate doing this too. I generally pay my bill and I’m a decent customer to deal with, unless and/or until I feel like I’m being taken advantage of.
My cellular provider (T-Mobile) just started these new value plans […]

I’ve been saving for a couple of months and my balance is growing. My balance was $165 at the end of June. During the month of July I added $170 for a total of $335. My goal is $2000 by the end of May of next year so I have $1665 to go.
I also have […]

Blah what a dry month. I won exactly 2 prizes:

a song download
a $10 gift certificate that can be used for a book, electronics item or a toy at a bunch of retailers.

I won the coupon on the 5th and the gift certificate on the 22nd. Like I said, an extremely dry month. Hopefully August will […]

It’s only about 94 degrees outside today and it’s time for another trip to the bank. I have to make a deposit into my house savings account and I’ve designated the Monday after payday as the day to make the deposit.
I would create a new direct deposit but my company has a freeze on creating […]