Sabrina’s Money Madness

I was supposed to put some money in a cd this month. My credit union wanted me to lock the money up for too long for a mediocre interest rate so I decided against it.
Then I got a email from one of the banks that I entered a sweepstakes through. They’re offering a $25 gift […]

I don’t have a lot of resolutions for 2011. I haven’t really kept my resolutions for the past couple of years so I figure I’ll go small this year. I just have 3 goals:
1. Lose a pants size. I’ve been struggling with this for a little over a year and I did lose a pants […]

I said that last year and it didn’t quite work. Well this year I’m going to work at it. I already wrote my 2009 New Years Resolutions on another blog. There are just my monetary goals for the year:

Bump my 401k by 1% when I get my raise. I plan on doing this every year until I max […]

My new goals for 2009 are not that lofty. I just want to start building my cash back up. It won’t nearly be enough by the end of the year but I have to start somewhere. I’ll probably put my new goals up by the end of the week. First I have to go in and […]

It’s not totally because of the economy either. I have been saving in my 401k and my stock account. But I’ve totally drained my cash account. The little bit that is left will be gone in February when I pay for school. I’m supposed to start my net worth calculations again in January but I […]

I took this fun test on my other blog. I changed a few answers and I won’t be quite as rich. Hmm, maybe I should give the bum the money for the coffee.
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I’m not doing one this quarter and I probably won’t do one for the rest of the year. My numbers are going to fluctuate so wildly for the rest of this year that I don’t know if it makes sense for me to try to track the numbers.
I want to finish school this year and […]

I had to take money out of my savings to pay for school for the summer. I also had to pay for a larger than expected car repair. I was expecting to pay around $250 but the bill was over $600. I’ll also have to take money to pay for a portion of my fall […]

I never did a net worth update for last year. I ended the year with a net worth of $7024. My goal for this year is $10k by December 31st. This will be a little harder than normal to achieve because I have to take $2000 from savings for school and my car. So instead […]

It’s only $10 but it’s from one of my survey companies. For this survey, I had to do a 15 minute survey on electronic media then send them copies of my bills. I know some people wouldn’t be cool with that but it doesn’t bother me. They even let you black out your account number […]

It won’t be done for a day or two. I did do one but it was wrong. I had to spend some of my savings on school and I didn’t subtract that from my cash total. I’ll also probably cash in some of my stock holdings to add cash back to my savings account. All […]

It’s not even the stock market that’s causing this either. I didn’t pass my class so I won’t get tuition reimbursement this semester. That means I have to take the tuition money out of my savings. I also used some of my savings money for a down payment on my car. I was planning on […]