Sabrina’s Money Madness

Let’s just say I have a lot going on. I doubt very seriously that I’ll have the money to get a car now. The only way I’ll be able to afford a car is if I get one of those $200 per month payments. You know those deals, no money down and pay $199 per […]

Before I can decide what kind of car I want, I need to figure out what style of car I want. I can choose from a coupe, sedan, or suv. I’m looking towards a coupe because I’m single and I don’t have any children.
I’m also thinking about a sedan because they’re a little more roomy. […]

I’m going to school majoring in Economics. I work in accounting and I plan on staying in this field. The higher I go in my career, the more important appearance becomes. Not only the way I look, but the way I speak as well.I’ve looked into accent reduction training. I have the strangest accent and […]

My stock fund is supposed to get money every month. In addition to that, I send the dividends that I receive from one of my other stocks. Well, I’ve been sending the dividend checks every quarter faithfully.
Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to send the money I’m supposed to send every month. It’s only $50 but […]

Debt happens. Having your debt spiral out of control also happens. There are many jobs being outsourced by companies and people are losing their jobs left and right. In many cases they can replace their jobs but at a lower salary. Sometimes a significant cut in pay occurs.When this happens, people have no choice but […]

I just balanced my checkbook for the first time in almost a month. That was the hardest hour and a half of my life. First let me say I’m extremely anal about my money. My checkbook has to balance to the penny. And every dollar has it’s place. My money is in categories.
First I add […]

I’m finally mailing another check to my stock fund today. Well, actually I’m mailing the check on Monday. I’m supposed to send a certain amount every month. I haven’t even come close to that. I will fall way short of my goal this year.
Part of the reason for that is school. The money that’s supposed […]

I do and I love it. I’ve been online banking for more than 5 years. I won’t even sign up with a bank unless they offer that feature. At one time I had banking relationships with 4 banks. Now I’m down to 3. Each bank serves it’s own purpose. One is for savings only, one […]

I own several individual stocks. One of them being the former Mellon Bank. Now the company is called Bank of NY Mellon. I held the shares in certificate form. The shares say Mellon so to get shares in the new company, I have to send in the old certificate.
The new company doesn’t send out certificates […]

I really do want a tattoo. I’m hesitant to get one for several reasons. The main reason is that ink is pretty permanent so you had better love whatever you get because you’ll have it for life. The second reason is because I don’t want the requisite tattoos that everybody seems to have. You know, […]

I didn’t blog yesterday because I was soooo tired. I couldn’t balance one of the jobs that I do. It usually takes me 3 hours to do the job. The out of balance caused me to work on that job for the entire day. I worked on 2 smaller projects that took less than 10 […]

I always budget for household items. But it’s small things like detergent, cleaning supplies and personal items. When I need a big ticket item, I usually have to save for a few months before I can buy it.Now I need a vacuum cleaner. I’ve been looking online at Dyson vacuums. I’ve been looking at bagless […]