Day 3 - The Paycheck

June 13, 2013  Day 3

So much for blogging everyday.

Nothing exciting happened yesterday. I had the day off, so I literally did nothing all day. Vegged out on  the couch, watching tv and listening to music. woohoo. Although, I did just get some exciting news.

Now, while I don't have to pay for my own gas for my truck as long as I get Dean's list or above in college, I do still have to pay for my car insurance. Originally, it was about $800. Since I get good grades in school, I get a discount. Plus, since I turned 18 last year, it went down a little bit more. I pay a little more than $600 every six months. That is a LOT of money for a college student who only works part time during the summer. And with my spending habits in the last few months at school, I didn't think I would be able to afford my insurance at the end of this month. No car insurance = no car. In the past 4 months, I have spent about $400 from shopping online. Terrible addiction, and I had to give myself a hard reality check. After all that spending, I had about $300 in the bank. which means I only had about half of what I needed for insurance. Terrifying.

So, I told myself no more spending. Only for necessities. I need to work my butt off this summer to make all the money I need for this months car insurance, and then my next car insurance which will be due in December (since, after this summer, I will be a full time student in college and will no longer be making money). I spent about $40 on all my books that I needed for this coming semester, which, for college textbooks is a hell of a deal. Then I told myself I could only spend money that I had on me (from babysitting and such). So far, I have been doing fairly well. I think yesterday was the first time I used my debit card in months because I needed to pay $10 for a prescription.

My roommate and I decided we wanted to go to Florida for spring break next year. So that means an extra $500 or so for the plane tickets and little spending money. My aunt and uncle will be letting us stay with them for the week, and they live within walking distance of a pool/hot tub/mall. So we will be saving some money that way. But with car insurance + Florida, thats about $1100 I need to make this summer. The paycheck I got yesterday was for $312.51, which brings me to the $600 I need for this months insurance plus a little more than $100 left over. so $1000 more to go.

Gotta go, off to work a needed 6 hour shift at work. Hopefully you-know-who doesn't show up again.

-Anonymous Girl