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February 18, 2011 at 12:28 pm
All good things come to an end. And we all know it’s been coming. As you realize, I’ve been really slacking around here and one post every two months or so isn’t ... (
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February 16, 2011 at 11:27 am
For the first time in just under three years that I’ve been at my current employer, I got a raise.
I had my annual review on Monday and everything went just fine. ButI ... (
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January 6, 2011 at 4:59 pm
New year, same old stats. Here are the stats as of January 1, 2011.
SAVINGS: $39,157 (-$3,553 or 8.3%)
Christmas spending. Tuition bills. Moved some from savings to investments. ... (
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January 6, 2011 at 4:49 pm
Here are the stats as of December 1, 2010.
SAVINGS: $42,710 (+$3,186 or 8.1%)
I moved a lot of money around this month. I’m not exactly sure where this all came from, ... (
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November 18, 2010 at 12:02 pm
So back in August I was reconsidering cable because our promo rate expired. The new rate was going to be $140 a month. On our vacation, Bird and I got to talking about our ... (
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November 17, 2010 at 12:01 pm
I’m a big fan of using our credit cards for every single possible purchase in order to earn rewards. As long as we are paying the cards off every month, I am not worried ... (
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November 17, 2010 at 11:51 am
The final leg of our trip.
Monday, October 11
We checked out of the hotel and caught a train to the airport. I don’t remember what we paid for train tickets, it was something ... (
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November 13, 2010 at 12:12 pm
Click here to read about the previous parts of our Greek vacation.
Saturday, October 9
When we arrived in Piraeus (port outside of Athens), we took the train into the city (1 ... (
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November 10, 2010 at 9:40 pm
Click here to read about the other parts of our Greek vacation.
Friday, October 8
After a short one hour ferry ride from Naxos we arrived in Paros on Friday morning. On the ferry, ... (
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November 3, 2010 at 7:51 pm
We arrived in Naxos at noon on Wednesday the 6th after the 1.5 hour ferry trip from Santorini (We had opted for a high-speed ferry which cost around 60 euros for 2 tickets). ... (
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November 2, 2010 at 10:08 pm
Click here to read about the first few days of our trip.
Sunday, October 3
We arrived in Athens around 9 am on Sunday morning and after collecting our bag and going through customs ... (
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November 2, 2010 at 2:24 pm
Here are the stats as of November 1st.
SAVINGS: $39,524 (+$2,845 or 7.8%)
Even though we took a European vacation, we were really helped out by the fact that it was a 3-paycheck ... (
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October 28, 2010 at 10:15 am
In an initial effort to save some money, we make a couple of decisions in mid-summer.
We will fly standby using buddy passes provided by Bird’s father who works for the ... (
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October 28, 2010 at 10:14 am
$3,580
Let’s just get the big number out of the way right up front. That’s the final total for the trip. It’s more than I was expecting but not exactly surprising ... (
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October 27, 2010 at 11:48 am
Blue skies
A room with a view in Santorini
Firostefani
The donkeys of Santorini
The famous Santorini sunset
The red beach
Our hotel room balcony
Another sunset
A boat tour ... (
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October 14, 2010 at 5:47 pm
Since we were in Greece on the 1st (or attempting to get there…we didn’t actually arrive until the 3rd), I didn’t have a time to go through the accounts until ... (
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September 29, 2010 at 3:01 pm
Here’s a long trip report about our recent visit to the east coast.
Thursday
We grabbed dinner at the MPLS airport and arrived in DC around 1030 pm. A quick metro trip ... (
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September 23, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Bird and I are headed to North Carolina this afternoon for homecoming weekend. Looks like the weather is 90s and sunny in NC whereas here in the Minnie it’s forecasted ... (
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September 15, 2010 at 1:46 pm
We’ve been celebrating a lot around here lately so let me catch you up.
As I’m sure you all remember, Sunday was our first anniversary. We spent the day together ... (
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September 10, 2010 at 10:11 am
Here’s a snapshot of our finances as of September 1, 2010.
SAVINGS -$7,437 to $35,437 Down 17%
In August, we bought new furniture, paid for the fall semester of grad ... (
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August 25, 2010 at 11:10 am
The initial 6-month promo pricing on our cable package just expired and our bill this month went up to $140. We had been paying $110 a month for cable and internet including ... (
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August 23, 2010 at 2:19 pm
Back in February when Bird and I were preparing to move into the townhouse, I called the electric company to switch the service over from the renter to us. The woman on the phone ... (
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August 20, 2010 at 11:06 am
I wrote the other day that Bird and I were furniture shopping and that I would follow-up with our opinions after polling all of you and a few of our friends. So let’s ... (
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August 18, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Bird and I are currently sleeping on the full-sized bed I’ve had since college and we’re using a dresser that was passed down from her grandparents so it’s at ... (
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August 16, 2010 at 11:58 am
In preparation for our upcoming trip to Greece, we needed to renew Bird’s passport and update it with her new married name. My current passport will not expire until 2012.
Renewing ... (
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