Part of my goal has been to track my spending and to run all my spending through the budget. But I have to admit I’m more prone to under the radar spending than I realized. I just bought an Ipod and the money should either come from savings or my weekly spending but I’m temped [...]
Archive for March, 2008
Goals 2008 sub set Tracking my Spending
Posted in Budgeting on March 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just bought an Ipod
Posted in Shopping on March 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I wasn’t planning on it, but I went on to Ebay.de to check out prices and since Ipod Nanos run 145 to 190 I figured I’d low ball them. Based on my previous experiences there wasn’t a snow balls chance in Hell of winning.
Guess what!
I won, got it for 64€. New 190€ Only negative is [...]
Note to Self: Empty Oven COMPLETELY before turning it on
Posted in Uncategorized on March 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
good thing I put tin foil in the oven as I was making shepherds pie and took out the pans and I guess I left a scapula behind because the oven started smoking and all I saw was a big pile of burning something.
So remember empty the oven next time!
Budget: Struggling a bit
Posted in Budgeting on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I new this would happen, there’s times when money is flush and other times when money isn’t. Problem with teaching English is it’s hard to get consistent earnings. I’ve starting tracking what I take in so I can plan for it better. Last month was abit over a 1000 euros this month under 800. Unfortunately [...]
Goals 2008 subset Saving Money
Posted in Budgeting on March 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One of my goals was to automate the budget, a subset of that goal was to save money, after all that is the underlying purpose of my budget, one to save for an RV and two months off and secondary save and buy a house cash. Both require making savings front and centre to our [...]
Super Dupper Easy Budget
Posted in Uncategorized on March 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while, but since I FINALLY got my residency permit for Spain, only take a year and half. What this means is my Wife and I can have joint accounts. Without a residency permit I can only have a non resident account. Why Spain differenates between the two [...]
Goals 2008 revisited
Posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Goals 2008 finally
I’ve been waylaid with a bad cold again this week, 4th one this year so I’ve been a bit behind in posting. As well this weekend we leave for the beach for a few days with some friends but the good news is both Chris and I are off next week on holidays so [...]
What’s cooking good looking, super easy Tuna Casserole
Posted in What's cooking on March 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This falls under the category of Damn I’m good! Note: use Cam-bells mushroom soup, I’ve tried others and it just not the same
2 tins Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup (it has to be Campbell’s, I’ve tried others but it’s just not the same)
¾ cup of milk (not to much or it gets too liquidity)
4 [...]
Using a Price Book to save on shopping
Posted in Shopping on March 8, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the easiest ways to save money on shopping is to use a price book. A PB is baiscily you shopping list with prices attached. A price book can be as simple or as fancy as you want it, but at its core is listing the prices you pay for the most commonly [...]
Why Frugal Living
Posted in Uncategorized on March 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Was reading carear Journal in the WSJ the other day and something jumped out at me. The particular column was about writting a resume
The 51-year-old jobless woman started using the new résumé last month. It did land her more job interviews. But last week, when a big drug maker offered her [...]
