About Me

SillyOleMe

I graduated college & we just moved for my new job.

Together with my boyfriend (BF), I live two states away from our families and friends. We're hoping to move closer to them when I'm done with this training.

I keep this blog to help us track finances, control debt, and save for our future.

We're parents to one FAT cat and one BIG puppy.

===2008 Goals===
[ ] Consolidate To 1 CC Each
[X] House-Train Puppy
[X] Pay Cash For A Couch
[ ] Pay Off Old Personal Loan
[ ] Total Debt To $20K By 12/08

==Old + Surgical Debt Total==
3/20/08 - $14,175.42
3/30/08 - $10,981.28
4/15/08 - $8,981.28
5/12/08 - $9,298.49
6/19/08 - $17,280.85 (COMBINED)
7/31/08 - $17,112.86
8/31/08 - $16,339.01
9/30/08 - $16,072.52 + $3,940.87

===Total Savings===
3/20/08 - $742.29
3/30/08 - $768.03
5/12/08 - $813.31
6/19/08 - $880.08
7/31/08 - $1,142.32
8/31/08 - $1,304.85
9/30/08 - $1,359.02

===My Credit Score===
3/20/08 - 735
8/30/08 - 664
9/21/08 - 653

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"It's In The Cards."

August 16th, 2008 at 04:41 pm

This is completely un-financial, but I forgot to mention it in my post earlier tonight, and I'm just a tad excited.

I was joking around with BF tonight, he said he wanted to play Playstation, and I said I wanted more days off work together. He said he wanted to go camping, I said I wanted the Harry Potter movie to come out in November. We kept at it, each time getting a little more extreme. I finally smiled and said, "I want to get engaged."

He smiled back and said "It's in the cards."

Of course, I've kind of known it was coming for a while, so I just laughed and said "surreee it's in the cards."

Then he walked over to the counter, opened his wallet, and pulled out a business card from a local diamond store. Yikes! It really is in the cards! Smile

Posted in Not Necessarily Financial | 8 Comments »

8 Responses to “"It's In The Cards."”

creditcardfree Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 04:54 pm

Oh, how exciting!! Glad to hear it is going as you expected.
LuxLiving Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 05:10 pm

How exciting!!

Marriage is a big financial step as well as an emotional one!
cargirl86 Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 05:12 pm

Awwww, congrats!
Personal Finance Student Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 07:06 pm

Congratulations! That's so exciting for you!
frugaltexan75 Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 07:49 pm

What a cool story you'll be able to tell your future kids.
scfr Says:
August 16th, 2008 at 08:00 pm

Hi - This has absolutely nothing to do with this post, but I saw your post on disneysteve's blog about going to DC. I went in November. If you are a AAA member, I recommend getting their guidebook to DC (free for members).

The AAA book gives you very detailed walking routes.

We broke the main DC area in to 3 hard core days:
- Day 1: The memorial (west?) end of the mall & White House
- Day 2: The Capitol end of the mall
- Day 3: The museums (we actually went back another day to visit some additional museums)
Everything was free.

We also spent a day going to Mount Vernon, and it was GREAT. (There was an admission fee there, but well worth it.)

The sites are quite inexpensive (most are completely free), and public transportation is great, but lodging is quite expensive. We rented a condo through VRBO.com that had a kitchen so we saved quite a bit on meals.
Ima saver Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 06:14 am

Congratulations!!
sillyoleme Says:
August 17th, 2008 at 02:35 pm

Thanks, everybody. I am excited, but I'll be more excited when I can say we are officially engaged! BF has always been sweet/corny like that... one of his many quirks.

scfr - I'm not a AAA member, but I think my mom might be, so I'll have to ask if she can get the guidebook for us. We'll take any help we can get. I'm not sure if we'll be able to stay overnight, since we have the pup to make arrangements for, but even if we can just spend a good day there, I'll be happy!

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"It's In The Cards."

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