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Off to a good start

January 2nd, 2010 at 05:17 am

We had a totally low-key day today. A "hang out in your pajamas and do nothing" type of day. I was able to get done a lot of bookkeeping type stuff, and had a good financial day:

1) It was a no-spend day, which I almost never have.
2) I filled out a $25 rebate for Showtime (we ordered it to get Dexter. The rebate was a bonus).
3) Filled out another rebate for Dove Conditioner.
4) Balanced my checkbook and paid off all Christmas bills so I'm starting the year fresh.
5) Tallied up all of our investments and debt to see where we stood. I was actually pleasantly surprised that a lot of our mutual funds seem to be rebounding a bit. My 401(k) in particular is looking pretty good.
6) I'm seeing the benefit of my Freedom Account already. My daughter's soccer team signed up for a last-minute soccer tournament tomorrow ($15) and one of the parents is collecting for the coach/team mom gift from the fall season ($20). Normally this would catch me off guard but not now! I have $275/month for the kids' "extracurriculars". (Sounds insane, but it really is that much for all of the sports and activities). So I'm all set to pay this tomorrow. Smile

So 1 day down. Let's see what tomorrow brings...

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3 Responses to “Off to a good start”

  1. boomeyers Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 06:15 am 1262412936
    1262412936

    Sounds great! I did'nt get out of the pjs till about 4! Love just hanging together! And congrats on being prepared for those "surprises"!

  2. historychick Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 09:36 am 1262424970
    1262424970

    Sounds like a great day to me!

  3. homebody Says:
    January 2nd, 2010 at 02:14 pm 1262441641
    1262441641

    $275 a month is cheap. I cannot even think about the thousands we spent on soccer over YD's 12 year "career". The traveling, the camps, the uniforms, the shoes, our travel chairs, you know the ones that fold up and fit in a bag (just gave a set away during my recent purging). Then she gives up a wonderful granddaughter who stayed her her footed pajamas all day! Ha ha. Oh well, it kept her out of trouble.

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