Sabrina’s Money Madness

I guess I shouldn’t brag but I don’t have a lot of shopping to do. My niece is under 2 and her mother and my brother are the only other people that I buy gifts for, and I usually just give them money. That means no long lists with shoes, plus size bridesmaid dresses, and […]

I don’t like driving all the way across the state. It’s a long and very boring ride. I don’t any music that I can take along so I’m at the mercy of the radio. You pass a bunch of stations on the ride but there are probably on 2 good stations total. You can be […]

I win a lot of little gift cards. Most are $5 or $10 with the occassional $25 or $50. Well now the holidays are coming up and I don’t know what to get people. First I’m going to gift the gift cards away as gifts. Then I’ll use some of the smaller ones to buy […]

I can’t believe how fast this year is flying. It seems like just last week it was in the 90 degree range. Now today it’s only in the low 60’s and raining. You know it’s only going to go downhill from here as far as the weather goes.
I may as well start getting my holiday […]

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. […]

Apparently my family thinks so. It seems like at least once a month I’m getting bombarded with requests for “just a couple of dollars”. Uh no people. I don’t know why people assume that I have all of this extra cash lying around just waiting to loan it out to them. Especially when I know […]

So my cousin has been giving me excuse after excuse about repaying me the money she owes me. First it was the bank wire rejected then she couldn’t transfer the money into my account and blah, blah, blah. Then last Friday she called and said that she was mailing it to me in the form […]

My cousin messed it up for everyone. I understand that people sometimes come up short and I’m generally willing to help a family member in need. But now it doesn’t matter if you just learned how to remove pimples and need acne medication, whether the baby needs shoes or if your lights are getting ready […]

I have a family member that used to call me all of the time. It could be to catch up, to get help with her homework or just to chit chat. Then I loaned her money which wasn’t really a problem because at the time I had it. I never even asked what she specifically […]

 I have to call the state she died in today to find out how to order them. I know if you mail the request in, you send it to one address but if you fax or phone in a order, it goes somewhere different. Needless to say, all of my Mom’s finances are still in […]

One of the insurance checks came in from the mail yesterday. It’s for a small amount less than I thought it would be because of premiums that were due, but I’m ok with that. Now I have to decide what to do with the money.
I have several ideas but I’m still working out the details. […]

 I’ve never had to really buy any birthday gifts for children. I usually buy baby shower gifts and that’s all. Since I don’t have any children of my own, I usually don’t get invited to kids’ parties which is fine with me. Now I have a niece and I’ve just received one of the cutest […]