For those of you who are new to my site, you might not realize that back in January I moved my site from “blogger” to “wordpress”. During the move, I lost most of the comments associated with my old posts. Also, many of the category listings failed to transfer. I’ve been combing through the archives, in search of my favorite…
Category: Budget
What In The World? I Made A Major Miscalculation!
I recently adjusted my take-home pay so that I can fully-fund my 403(b) for 2007? Guess what? I made a major miscalculation. Long-story-short, while making my budget calculations for the next few months, I left out a rather large ($500 or so) reoccurring monthly expense. I could talk to my employer and adjust my take-home pay again, but I don’t…
Budget Busters: Areas For Improvement
I sat down tonight to review last month’s budget, and I overspent in a few categories. Why? Primarily, I’ve been this month and I never took that time to really look at how much money was “slipping through the cracks” in my system. Here’s my personal list of areas for improvement, and how I plan to avoid busting my budget…