Chicky Finance

Discovering what it takes to say "NO" to spending "YES" to saving

PROGRESS

Hello everyone! Welcome to Chicky Finance! I started this blog in mid January after reading several PF blogs; I got so motivated that I decided to share my "not so smart" mistakes and hope that someone else can learn from my miscalculations at the same time witness my journey of becoming debt free! More

DEBT-O-METER

CC Start 1/12/08: $25,970

CC Debt 11/15/2008:$16,450
Car Loan Start: $27,540
Car Loan 11/15/08: $18,434
IRS: $5000
Current IRS:$4,900
Thanks God no Student Loan!

SF trip this weekend..

As you might remember I was in SF last weekend. I spent quality time with my mom and two sisters but honestly I was exhausted while coming back. This weekend I am flying as well, in fact this time I will meet with Budget Mama and her DS! We will most likely eat lunch together and chit chat about our lives.. Budget Mama probably knows more than most of my friends. :) I am really excited about this blind meeting! After this weekend I need to focus on my new job. Before I know it will be Oct 1st and I will start working. It sucks that I don’t even have one day off between jobs. Also on October 24th-25th Mr. Finance and I will be going camping in Santa Barbara which is already paid for. While I was reading Krystal’s blog I saw that she posted her to do list and I thought I’d better do the same thing otherwise the list getting longer every day.

  • Go to dentist for cleaning
  • Go to optometrist and get more contact lenses
  • Take our female cat to vet to fix her and vaccines
  • Pay car loan
  • Try to reschedule INS biometrics appointment (part of immigration process)
  • Get ready for camping in Santa Barbara
  • Purchase 2 plane tickets to SF for November. I don’t think this time my sister will pay for it.
  • Go to hairdresser for coloring
  • Make a new adjusted budget for my new pay scale
  • Help my friend out to set up her accounting software for her retail store
  • Get ready for tailgate party on Oct 18th for UCLA football game
    And moreeeee……….

3 comments:

  1. Mrs. Accountability said...
     

    Chicky, what accounting software do you recommend? I use Quicken at home, but I have Peachtree for business accounting. I haven't really gotten into it because I know that Quickbooks has a free accounting software called Quickbooks Simple Start that I've been thinking about trying. Any recommendations?

  2. Chicky said...
     

    Mrs.Accountability, I am going to set up for her Quickbooks online basic one. I generally like Quickbooks because it is user friendly and easy understand for people who dont quite understand in and outs of accounting.

  3. Budget Mama said...
     

    Woo hoo! Can't wait.

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