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April 6th, 2006 at 09:52 pm

Well, we are almost finished with the first week of April, and I have done very well with not spending money unnecsessarialy(sp?). Even though Dad finished off the OJ on Sunday that would have been enough to last me through this week, (ARGH!) I resisted the temptation to go to the store to just get some more OJ (cuz I KNEW I would use that as an excuse to pick up something else I've been craving, but REALLY don't need!). I'm trying to wait till Sunday to go to the store for groceries.

I got my cell phone bill for last month - it was $58.84!!! Mainly because of 5 1411 calls I made (3 of them when I was trying to find the place where I was susposed to meet my co-workers!). Normally my cell bill is under $50, and hopefully it will be even less now that I've combined it with my landline bill.

Saturday afternoon I will be spending some of my fun money on an afternoon/evening with some of my Pathway friends. I'm really looking forward to seeing a couple of them whom I haven't seen since October - Matt and Beth especially. Wink

Almost forgot to update on my happy, happy news! Monday afternoon (April 3) my little brother (ok, maybe not so little at 6'2 and 25 years) became engaged! I was the first one (in our family) that he called. Smile Jazmin (his fiance) asked me to be a bridesmaid, and I happily accepted. It sounds like the wedding won't be till sometime in September or October, so that gives me a little more time to save, although being a bridesmaid will also probably add some expenses, so I guess it all evens out.

Have a great weekend everybody!

KIF,
Laura

Posted in General, Frugal Single Life, Financial | 2 Comments »

2 Responses to “Doing OK Budget Wise”

  1. meenah Says:
    July 3rd, 2006 at 03:58 am 1151899081
    1151899081

    you said that your cell bill was higher because called 411 multiple times, i have 2 tips for saving those 1.25-1.49 calls. 1st: you can probably get more than 1 peice of information from 411, tmobile's 411 gives you 3 ?s per $1.49 so if your not sure what number you need ask for 3 and write them down. writing the down is a good idea incase you are transfered to a busy signal or need to call the numebr again. my 2nd tip: google offeres free infromation via text message. just compose a new text message with name city and state for example " walmart dallas tx " and send to 46645 ("googl" on the keys) you will get 1 or 2 text messages back (depending on how much info there is) with the address and number for what you ask for. most companies charge .10 for each text so if googl sends back 3 messages your only at $0.40 instead of $1.49 and some cell compaiens include some free incoming text messages each month. i use this all the time because i have unlimited text messaging and i love it.

  2. meenah Says:
    July 3rd, 2006 at 04:01 am 1151899291
    1151899291

    oh also after calling 411, make sure your keypad is locked on your phone, you will get charged if your pocket or purse accidentally calls 411 again.... (i learned this the hard way) another cell bill suggestion: call your phone company to make sure that the calling plan you have is best for your needs and see if there are any specials you can get. i work for tmobile and i am constantly finding people over-paying by $3-$60 each month simply because they dont have the best calling plan for their usage.

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