Today

Whew! I am tired :) I have done a lot today, but it's the stuff that you can't actually SEE, so it looks like I haven't done anything. I have just joined the world of online banking. Just so I don't look totally lame, I access my bank account online and have for years, but I am doing the bill pay with my bank. I set up all of my bills with my Wachovia account and instead of going to 20 different web sites and logging on and off paying 1 bill at a time, I will just go to my bank's website and pay them all there. Crazy I tell you! :) :) :)



Jason suprised me today by going to church this morning for the men's meeting, they were having breakfast. :)



It's starting to be busy season around her with baseball and everything. It always starts out as fun and then gets soooooo tiring later on in the year
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yeah, that's as far as I got and then stopped for a week! I'll do whole other post for the weekend ;)

Jen

Does it ever really slow down?

I don't think so!! I haven't done too much today...I'm just sitting here trying to talk myself into going to the mall or something. Should I stay home and save money or go anyways? I don't know- there's something I really want and I'm just not sure......I guess we'll see. I do need to save money though just in case...you never know.

:)

Later- I think I have talked myself into going to the mall....I think....

Jen

Getting Caught Up

Well, by no means am I *ahead* yet but I think I'm almost caught up. The Holidays really stretched my pocketbook and I probably spent a lot more than I should have. Next year will be better. I should start saving now. My mom had an idea to get 20-50 dollars giftcards every time you get a paycheck (whether that be Walmart or AMEX or whatever). Then by the time Christmas rolls around I'll have a big chunk set aside for Christmas. I think I will do that- I really need to do something.

Today I'm going to get my finances in check. I have been so scared to look at them because of knowing there wasn't enough to cover everything. But I'm turning over a new leaf. Just because I don't look doesn't mean the bill isn't there, so I have to have some sort of reality check.

Speaking of checks, we got our taxes today!! Yeah!! Jason and I are splitting them this year which is really awesome. Also, Monday is my payday and it should be a good one, and although I'm probably not too much ahead, I AM going to be caught up (or almost caught up). My next paycheck will be just as good if not better than this one and it includes a bonus, wahooh! My goal is to pay off all my little bills this year...

My goal is to improve my credit in the next 2 years. I just want to pay everything on time and still have some left over to put in savings. I enrolled in a credit watch so I'm going to be checking my credit every month to see if the changes I am making will have a positive affect on the score.

So that's that. My next post will be about anything but money :)

Jen