One of my Stops on My Canada Trip!

Got A Job!

                                               
                                                 

Happy October Everyone. I wanted to wait and think about it first before I said anything. But before I left on my trip I got a job at Sears for the Holidays. I will be working as a  part-time cashier close to my home. I have to call the women who I interviewed with when I got back from vacation. So she could put me in training. My partner is not to happy with me working since I have all these getting old ailments. He prefers that I find something that I can do from home to make extra money. I have been out of work for 1 year( my choice) and I am ready to get back to work again. At least part time anyways. So I am back from vacation and I just might call Sears  Monday to tell the head cashier to put me in training. Oh the pay is $8.50 an hour. also the cashiers must push the sears credit card there is a quota,  if you don't make your credit card quota they will let you go. But I am up to the credit card challenge. Hey that extra $212.50 before taxes might come in handy. I will let you know how it goes. So what do you think?

Joke Trip !

Hello Everyone. I am back from my trip from Heck! Here's my story for today. I went on a cruse out of New York To Canada on princess cruses. We paid $3000 for 2 people for a stateroom with a balcony. Believe me that was the cheapest we could get because our view was obstructed.I could see pretty much everything from my balcony so the obstruction was not bad at all. Well Princess Cruses Suck and that's bring nice. Our room was small, the bed was small, the bathroom was a closet. You had to keep the door open when you used the bathroom if you had a fear of closed in spaces. The food on the ship was luke warm  nothing was ever hot hot. The staff 89% of them did not understand English so it was hard to ask them questions without it taking an hour to get an answer. Everything on that ship cost money, money, money.
I paid for 5 ports and we only went to 3 because of the bad weather. So I lost money on this cruse big time. The cruse line  didn't  offer us any compensation  because we missed out on 2 ports. They said the weather would not allow us to get near Maine or Rhode Island. these are the ports that I was looking forward to the most and we skipped them.  This cruse line could care less about their passengers. Never again would I use Princess Cruses to go anywhere. Lastly when i got my bill for the expenses on the trip they gave us a credit of $8 because we missed those two ports. Really I think I paid more then $8 to go to these ports.  

The best part of the trip was we  met some nice people  had some good laughs and conversations. They to hated this ship and these are senior cruisers. People who been cruising to 10-30 years. So you would think that they know their ships and how a ship should treat their passengers. As far as spending  I spent most of my money in the ships casino because I was bored. I spent like $400 for the week on gambling. A lot of other people spent much more on gambling and drinking. The drinks on the ship were $8-15 depending on what you wanted. The ships shows were like a bad  high school production.They were horrible.

The only good thing on this cruise was the desserts. I am a sweetaholic and I love a good dessert thank god this ship did not disappoint.  I am back from my Canada Cruse thank god and it's on to the next trip. Hello Vegas!  So what do you think?

The Time Has Come....

Good morning everyone. Here's my story for today. This week has been Crazy. . First I had to visit all my doctors and dentist before I leave on my trip this Saturday. Just to make sure that everything was ok with me. Thank god it is. Then the pipe in our bathroom broke. We had to get that fixed. We did it ourselves with the help of our plumbing supply store. That cost us about $50 bucks to fix. The clothing for all the formal/ non formal and who cares night on this ship cost us about $300 for two people. The drugs that we need to take and getting hair and nail done cost me about $75. This trip is getting expenses. Also did I mention that we had to pay the dentist for our visit $100? Can you see why I am stress out with all this money going out and nothing coming in.

Well to add to my  money stress I called the cruse ship and they told me this. The computer connection service WiFi on the ship cost 35 for 8 minutes; a 70 minute package cost $85. The cleaners on the ship cost $3.50  and up to $10. Drinks that contain liquor are $3-25 depending upon what you drink. The soda package for 7 days is $56 bucks for 2 people but it’s all you can drink but no liquor drinks are included. The laundry room is $2 for wash and $2 for dryer. Ironing is free. The specialty coffee shop cost money, Italian ice cream  shop cost money. And these are just some of the basic questions since I might need to iron while on the ship and I might need to do a load of laundry there to. Everyone says when you cruse the ship nickels and dimes you and they are so right. It's bad enough that this trip ain't cheap. But  this time I am doing this cruse  the cheapskate way.(got my supplies ready) I will show them that a cheapskate can still enjoy themselves without spending a lot of money! So what do you think?

Wrong Occupation!

 

Good evening everyone. Here's my story for today. My partner is involved in trying to get back money that was stolen from him when  family property was sold with out his knowledge. He was part owner of  the property. After he meet with a lawyer. The lawyer  told my partner what had to be done to get his money for  his share of the  property. We said  go for it. Well we  got a call from the lawyers office today  saying  they needed a check for $2500. for all the work that needed to be done. After the bill was broken down to what we had to pay. I found that  lawyer services are  $300 a day. Can I tell you I should have went to law school so I could charge that much! We are still in the process of seeing if we could lower the price down a bit ,even though we are still going forward with this property issue. Hopefully after all is said and done we can walk away with the money that is rightfully owed plus extra for the  lawyers bill. So that's my story.

What do you think?  

Story About A Jacket....

Hello Everyone, How are you? Here's my story regarding this jacket that I purchased at J.C Penny. I went to J.C. Penny to get some clothes for my cruise. I got this jacket  which cost me $18.with all the discounts that were deducted from  the original $40 price tag.When I got this  jacket home I realized  the zipper was broke. So I returned it. When I went back to J.C. Penny to exchange this jacket The cashier said I owe $1.85. My partner asked the cashier  why do I need to pay $1.85 just to exchange a jacket?  The cashier told him  because we purchased  the jacket at a discount now that we are returning the jacket the discount no longer applies. That's why we owe $1.85?  My partner said this is an exchange then he starts  yelling at the  cashier telling her that he's not paying $1.85 for an even exchange. He instructed her to give him the  jacket  that we came with back.  The cashier say that it was store policy and not hers personally  and  since he was so  upset. She would do the exchange without the $1.85 charge.  After the cashier did what she had to do I came out with J.C. Penny giving me  .98 cent credit on my charge card. You know  I will be using this .98 toward my investment coin challenge. So that's my story. What do you think? 

A Job?

Hello Everyone. Well here's the story for today. It's the Holiday Season, well almost anyway. I get this notice in my e mail yesterday. Sears and Kmart are looking for holidays help. I went to their website and  applied to become a sales or cashier for Sears/Kmart. Yes I did say I applied the reason why is I could use the extra money a holiday job would bring it in. I need vacation money, invest money and everyday living expenses money. Plus it would get me out of the house for a few hours and me way from my refrigerator.

I know your asking what about the mystery shopping, the surveys and the selling on line your doing ? I can still do all that and have a p/t  job. At least with a job you know  you will be getting a check with this online stuff  that's  a hit and miss and not a guarantee check. So I have applied,  all I can do is wait and see what happens. In the mean time  I am look for other money making opportunities. Got any suggestions??
                                                           
                                                                     So what do you think?