I finally got around to updating my General Savings Fund, my Cat Fund and my Car Fund trackers on my blog.
General savings fund: $712.09
Cat Fund: $150.01
Car fund: $1,200.25
These numbers will be out of date as of this coming Thursday which is pay day.
I went Christmas shopping last weekend and got almost everyone covered. I still have my sister left and maybe stocking stuffers. I had a budget of $300 and I have $57.42 left. I had budgeted another $100 from this weeks pay but I don't think I am going to need it. So I will likely transfer that $100 in to my vacation fund. What ever is left over from my Christmas shopping will go into my car fund. Also as you might remember my Boyfriend had my wallet for over a week so as a result I still have over $40.00 left in my checkings account. So what ever is left of that will go into my TD Line of Credit for the snowflake finance. I had originally budgeted for next years Christmas fund around $1,000 but given that I will have everyone covered for around $300 (this year) I don't think I will need that much. Thus I will double the amount and then give myself a cushion of $200, this will being the number up to $800 that has to be saved for next year's Christmas Fund.
I have other news, the other day everyone in my department got letters stating our Christmas bonus and the raises we will be getting. So I will be getting a raise of $700 over the course of the year and a bonus of just over $380. Now I was surprised to find out that I am actually making 1,000 less then I thought I was. But since I have not actually worked a full year at the Bank I can't say I have felt the difference. In case you were wondering what I was going to do with the bonus money I have decided to put $300 in to my car fund and the rest after taxes in my vacation fund. It would have been more ideal to put it into my student debt but in the short term I need a car. Today it was -8C and with wind chill it felt like -13C, standing around for a bus sucked.
A bonus !!!! I must show this blog post to my Bosses who in their wisdom have decided that we are not worth giving a Christmas get together to, let alone a bonus.
ReplyDeleteWell done on placing that extra money into your car fund, you,ll soon be zipping around.
Thanks, its not much but its better then a smack in the face. And if I am there for a full year my bones will be larger next year, so i am told.
ReplyDeleteA slap in the face is all we are getting this year, so perhaps next years slap will be even harder LOL
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