tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48500067338722197082011-04-21T14:04:42.764-07:00A daily trip through the finances of a single mom.Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338872255260250212noreply@blogger.comBlogger71100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850006733872219708.post-12441831881024562042009-05-06T10:20:00.000-07:002009-05-06T10:48:03.886-07:00

I made the statement today, twice in fact, that I have put over $9k in my savings account during the last year. That's about a quarter of my income too. I didn't realize the impact of my statement until I said it the second time, and mentally added that I was also debt free.* I'm stunning myself with my own progress, even though I make mistakes and wobble from time to time. $9k saved in a year is

Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338872255260250212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850006733872219708.post-90599420964563652662009-05-04T10:21:00.000-07:002009-05-04T11:06:40.437-07:00

I opted to skip posting on Sunday, plus we stayed pretty busy all day. I think I will just keep it a regular thing to NOT post on Sundays, saving the day for myself, my girls, and church. In the meantime, I've spent lots of money on mostly good things. Saturday turned out to be a non-spending day. I'd been thinking about that for Friday, but it just didn't work out, so I did finally get one in.

Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338872255260250212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850006733872219708.post-75313141785522233442009-05-02T10:10:00.000-07:002009-05-02T10:37:49.668-07:00

Welcome to the first weekend post of Diary of a Wallet. I wish I could say I had a structure in mind for this, but I really don't, and honestly, I'm rarely even AT the computer on the weekends, so unless I get myself organized (hah!) and write in advance, it's unlikely that there will be many weekend postings. However, I wanted to get caught up and account for myself for the last two days' worth

Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338872255260250212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850006733872219708.post-54786988992305391692009-05-01T08:57:00.000-07:002009-05-04T11:05:46.581-07:00

Today I found this: What is the best thing that can happen if I do this? What is the worst thing that can happen if I do this? What is the best thing that can happen if I don’t do it? What is the worst thing that can happen if I don’t do it? at My Super-Charged Life, a blog about living life to the fullest, and I wanted to keep it and share it. So I did. This is the kind of thing I need to

Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338872255260250212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850006733872219708.post-82889594649805147442009-04-30T16:55:00.000-07:002009-05-01T12:01:29.577-07:00

Wallet Expenses $1.08 Bagel $0.80 Garlic toast $7.38 Smokes $8.07 Groceries And today is payday!! As a state employee, I get paid once a month on the last weekday of the month. This makes month long budgeting an absolute necessity, but I still suck at it. So long as I have a positive balance in my checking account at the end of every month, I feel okay. Last month I got down to $12.36, and I

Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338872255260250212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850006733872219708.post-50950192792887649852009-04-29T07:13:00.000-07:002009-04-29T08:12:07.345-07:00

During the course of my personal finance journey thus far, I've identified two problem spending areas for me. These are the areas in which I KNOW I should spend less, but continue, almost every month to go overboard. Curiously enough, these are also two of my biggest stumbling blocks to better health. Both showed up in yesterday's wallet contents*, and one shows up again today. The most

Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13338872255260250212noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4850006733872219708.post-17905912865907963512009-04-28T10:37:00.000-07:002009-04-28T11:29:12.443-07:00

Welcome to Diary of a Wallet! My name is Hannah and I'll be trying to take a daily tour through my wallet, checkbook and Quicken accounts included, to track my spending, allowing the world to see where I'm frugal, where I'm not, and where I go overboard in any one direction. What's my goal here? Well, I'd like to share my spending habits for two purposes: 1) maybe, just maybe, someone else

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