Sabrina’s Money Madness

Well the snow is putting a kibosh on that. There was ice on the roads this morning but no snow on the ground. When I got almost to work, I noticed that it had started snowing. It’s been snowing for the last 3 hours and the snow is sticking and piling up.
I need to go […]

I haven’t balanced my checkbook in almost 2 weeks. Not a big deal right? For me it’s oh so wrong. I keep most of my paycheck in my checking account but it’s in separate “buckets”.
Since my main bank doesn’t have sub-accounts, ala ING, I just keep a separate piece of paper with the name of […]

I generally save all of my change and turn it in once a year. Then I get a gift card and buy something for myself. This year I had planned on turning in about $100 worth of change and putting it towards a Ipod Touch for myself. Except I just looked at my change jar […]

I absolutely hate to see large payments come out of my checking account. Right now I rent, but pretty soon I’ll have a mortgage and that’s the largest check I want to write every month. My car is almost paid off (within 7 months) but that’s a pretty low amount. The only other large expenses […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Today is payday and my checking account looks awful nice. But it’s a today only type of thing. I got a receipt when I hit the ATM for cash and I wash awfully surprised at the number. Unfortunately I still have to kick out money for bills, send my brother some cash and transfer some […]

It was for repairs but not the way the guard made it seem. He explained that it was minor work that they should have been able to repair and that wasn’t the case at all.
I called the 1-800 number for the bank before I walked up there to find out if the branch was open. […]

I’m definitely not keeping this bank account that I’m using for my housing savings money. I walked up to the bank on Monday in 90 degree heat with humidity and the bank was closed! What bank closes randomly on a Monday??!?! The sign on the door said that they were undergoing repairs. Fine until the […]