So today is October 18th and I starting at 3:30pm today I am officially on vacation. My wife and I leave for Walt Disney World on Sunday Morning, but I actually have a pretty busy weekend even before we leave. Tonight I will be going out to dinner with some friends and then Saturday morning I'll be headed to the Rock & Shock Horror Convention in Worcester (see last weeks blog for more info). In between those things I have to make sure that everything is all set up for the cat to be taken care of while we are gone, make sure the light timers are working and double check that I packed everything that I need.
I decided (after some prodding from my wife) to take some cash out of an account I have that is all the money we got as wedding gifts (after all the wedding expenses were paid for) and I'm going to use that to take care of Rock & Shock, some of the cash we need for vacation and then for the Rhode Island Comiccon and the Super Mega Fest (also mentioned in last weeks blog).
Other than the regular stuff I have a doctor bill I have to pay when we get back from vacation and I still need to pay for my new iPhone, but I'm going to sell my old one and hopefully cover at least 1/2 of the cost of the new one. I have been paying my full credit card balance with the exception of the cost of the phone. I know that I may end up with some interest on it, but somehow it makes me feel better to know exactly what I need to pay for the phone and I'll get it taken care of after vacation.
The mortgage payment is scheduled so that's all set and I'm mostly set for Halloween since there will only be a few days between when we get back from vacation and Halloween.
Not really sure what else I can give you guys this week so lets get to some money talk. I got a paycheck for $613.83 and $39.12 went to my 401k. I should have gotten 2 paychecks today, but it looks like GE screwed up again... BIG SURPRISE! Now normally I would make a big stink and tell them I need the check FedExed to me the next day since they are technically required to do that, but the reality is I don't care because I'm not going to do anything with the advanced check until after vacation anyway. This is the 3rd paycheck of the month so I'm going to put $400 in the mortgage account and $213.83 into my regular checking account to help pay the medical bill (which I'll take care of after vacation!). I also did my usual $20 vacation transfer which probably seems crazy since I'm going on vacation and I could just take the $20 with me, but I feel like there is no sense in skipping a week because that's how excuses not to save start! Now the wrap up....
Here is the week 41 wrap up:
$39.12 to my 401K
$20.00 to my vacation fund
Which makes the 2013 totals:
$1451.86 in my 401K
$840.00 in the vacation fund
$96.90 in the piggy bank
$550.00 in the quarterly loan payment account
$225.00 in my vet bill savings
$2027.41 in my money market
$1477.40 in my car account
There will not be a blog posted on Friday next week because we will be in Florida, but I'll try to get something up on the Sunday or Monday that we get back. I know that not many of you care, but its the OCD in me that refuses to skip a week!
for this weeks bonus I'm gonna say that I went and got gas at the same station again and I got another free 1 liter bottle of Poland Spring water. I'm also gonna tell you about a sale at Rubber Chicken Comics in Bellingham, MA on October 26th. 25% off everything in the store, lots of comics for .50 cents each and you can meet Jason Vorhees and get your picture taken with him! There will also be the colorist and writer of the comic Helion there signing autographs for free! I'll be in Florida so I'm gonna miss it, but I would be there if I could!
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