Car
Well the car drama is almost finished. On Monday I took the last the paper work into the Gestoria (an agency that helps you get through the Spanish bureaucracy ) they said they should have the import plates by Thursday or Friday which means when I come back on Monday I can finally get the [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Car and Driver edition
Posted in Other on July 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Misc Expeneses The Budget Killer
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I’ve always said the biggest line in any budget is the one that reads misc. I’ve been writing down all my non fixed spending over the last four months and going over it the last few days a few interesting things pop up.
First my weekly (gas/petrol shopping eating out and misc) hasn’t been as high [...]
Amazing I arrive anywhere on time
Posted in Uncategorized on July 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
That was the Wife’s main worry when I first started teaching.
Understandable,
Today showed up at dentist at appointed hour of 10.30 10 ! He was very nice about it thankfully some dentists get quite upset about that. Funny enough I’ve never missed a class or been late becuase I got the date or time wrong.
No Spending Days are tough
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged No Spending on July 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have to admit I like spending money, hooked up our PC to our TV and it didn’t work very well, first thought in my head, Hmmm new PC. Been breaking down and leaning towards buying a new Flat Screen. I was in carrefour and the other day and they had a gorgeous 43 inch [...]
Spending, Not Income, Determines Wealth
Posted in Budgeting on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This from Trent (link below)
Three: Burn Rate – Spending, Not Income, Determines Wealth
Another astute point: “It is hard to see spending as a problem while all of your existing needs and many desires are being met.” I think that statement does a beautiful job of explaining why many people in America live paycheck to paycheck [...]
The Frugal Trenches No Spend Edition
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey FT you’d be proud of the Wife, this week in spite of working long hours and being stuck in hotel she managed to keep her spending down to 65€ for 5 days including 15 for magazines!!!! Her trick, eat breakfast at the hotel (free) lunch at the office and for dinner, rather than [...]
Ahhh nothing like time in the kitchen to relieve stress
Posted in What's cooking on July 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
This car (more on that in the next post) has got me stressed to the max, I’m worried not sleeping well (part of it is us husbands sleep better when the wife is beside us – she’s on the road for the next few months) so today rather than eating out I spent some time [...]
No Spend Days ZERO
Posted in Budgeting on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Have to admit when it comes to NOT spending I’m NOT keeping up with the Jones
JD first pointed this out
Saving now isn’t that easy
oh yes I can relate, but I am making progress. It’s easy to slip back into old habits when things aren’t so tight. One thing foccusing my attention is the fact that [...]
OK I’m totally convinced…
Posted in Other on July 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
on the value of doing Abs and Back excercies. Put my back out one too many times this week. So I told the wife to remind me everytime she does abs I’ll do the same
back pain sucks
