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June 13th, 2008 at 05:36 am

Saving log - $3 tip box
Spending log - $1.70 coffee + $20 hair cut

An out of the routine day.

DH drove me this morning. Actually, he drove this morning, and I'm on the way. Traffic on Aurora Ave (we don't bother with I-5) was light.

Then my schedule got all changed - I got my performance review and I'm up for a possible 6% raise. It looks good, but we will see. It would happen in August. It will shift a couple of things - I have to recheck my withholding of my 403B to make sure the raise doesn't bump it past the 15.5K limit.

Then another schedule change - gym at noon. Gym at noon is popular, but blegh I'm shaky because I want to eat at noon. Even if I have a little something like a banana, I'm shaky.

After gym at noon, a break. I was going to go for lunch, but there was free food of reasonable nutrition - chicken pad thai and a square of carrot cake. A little sweet, but free is free so I took it.

Then on the walk home, since I had a very low spend day, I shifted my spending to get a very, very much needed haircut. Still have $15 left, savings of $48 and I get paid tomorrow.

Posted in Workplace | 7 Comments »

7 Responses to “shifting spending”

  1. gamecock43 Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 05:56 am 1213332960
    1213332960

    how are you getting pad thai for free? I love thai food and now you made me hungry.

  2. greengirl Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 07:00 am 1213336819
    1213336819

    i like jogging in the morning, but alas i start work at 5.30am so it's not really an option, so i usually go jogging after work at the beach at around 1.30pm. by the time i get home, have a shower and do some housework, check the net etc its around 5pm and i can start making dinner Big Grin obviously... not everyone has the same schedule as me (or would want to - getting up at 4.30am isnt that nice, trust me!)

  3. sagegirl Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 02:45 pm 1213364711
    1213364711

    MMMmmmm. Pad Thai. Good job dealing with the changes. It is always good to be flexible.

  4. luxlivingfrugalis Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 06:20 pm 1213377645
    1213377645

    Hope the raise comes thru!! congrats.

  5. frugaltexan75 Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 06:50 pm 1213379425
    1213379425

    Good luck on the raise!

  6. koppur Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 09:38 pm 1213389503
    1213389503

    Yummmy, pad thai. Good luck with the raise!

  7. baselle Says:
    June 13th, 2008 at 09:48 pm 1213390111
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    gamecock - I work for a large non-profit in the Seattle area. To get volunteers to some of our meetings, esp during the noon hours, there is a little lunch. If there are leftovers after the little lunch, some sends out an all staff email announcing the free food. This time around it was pad thai and carrot cake.

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