Quota

Hello all well here's the story for the week. I might miss my Quota for April. The reason is because I am just to fat and lazy and it was nasty outside on Friday. So I did not do the mystery shop that I was suppose to do. Therefore I might  miss my quota for the 30 dollars a month that I need for the month. No the shop was not $30 it was $12.50 which would have added to my $30 for the month.

Today I am suppose to be on my way to Atlantic City for my Mini Vacation but my partner had a backache. So I had to postpone the trip until the end of April. Thank god Caesars honored my request and allowed me to change the dates. So I still get my 3 night free . All I have to pay is the resort fee.  The total of 3 night will cost me about $96.00 plus I will be getting free food from Plant Hollywood and ShopRite gift  cards from Tropicana totaling $80 bucks.

Maybe it was a sign that I need to stay my butt home this weekend. Who knows.

Well my plans are to finish doing my donations to Big Brother & Sisters. I got a lot of stuff to get rid of and to also try my hands at my local casino this week. 

Will keep you posted.

So that's my story what do you think?

Scored!

Hello all , well here's the story for the week. I Scored!!! Yes that's right I scored meaning that I saved money on my cruise in November. I am going to the Bahama's in November just to get away from the New York cold and get into the sun. The trip will be a cruise and it was going to cost us $4008.75 for  two people. But my partner told me today that the cruise line  was running a sale on our trip. So I check and I got the same cruise with no changes meaning we get specialty dinning for 3 nights, $100 onboard credit and $50 off every excursion we take for $400 less then what we were actually paying. Yes I love saving money!

I don't know why but I can't seem to give up my addiction to playing lotto. Here it is April 1th and I ran my ass over to the lottery place to play my numbers? Yes I am a lotto playing junkie. I have to find a way to give up this addiction because it's sucking to much money out of my life. I have spent over $150.00  last month and won $5. You do the math!

Also this month I am trying to get my money right. I have started a book with all the information about my pensions from the various jobs I worked, My social security benefits when I get 62 and so on. I need to know when I get 62 what my finances will look like. I hate to be surprised and find out a sister is short on her retirement.

So that's my week's story what do you think?

Taxes

Well all here's the story for the week.Darn Taxes!!. Yes I got my taxes done this week and to say the results are not pretty. Well I can say that. I am so use to getting money back when I was working that I got spoiled. Now with my new financial set up. I am not working and relying on my partner. We now have to pay back money that we made through the year. I am not loving it. I use to get about $7,000 from my good old uncle Sam . Now I am paying about $4,000 this year.  Plus I have to pay my account $400 for him doing my taxes. Really Uncle Sam I see no money love there from you this tax season. 

On another front nothing special  trying to plan a visit to my mother in Atlantic city and still doing research on moving to Vegas.

Also the month of April is Monday and I am glad to say that my dollar a day challenge and coin  challenges are still on and popping. Rolled $78.00 in coins for the month. Yea Me!

So that's my story What do you think?

Denied

 Hello  Well here's the story for the week. First I got a letter in the mail that stated my medical insurance will  not be paying for  my prescription to the drug ( Januvia) that I take for my diabetes. In the letter they told me that I was no longer covered for that  medication but I could use these instead. They gave me a list of alternative medication I could use. You tell me this after my pharmacy has already refilled my Januvia  order. So now I am just waiting until my charge statement comes in to see what they charged me for the medication that the insurance company did not pay for. 

New cars are full of S**T. I have a new car it's about 3 years old and the sucker did not want to start this week. It's a new car what the He**.  When I was able to take the car  to the mechanic he told me that the radio is no good and it drained my  car battery. To make a long story short I had to order a new car radio for $500.00. But it's not only the radio for the car it's the backup screens and navigational system. So I need it. But D**N the price.

Looking at cheap trip to Bermuda. Sister needs to get away in October. On one of them cheap cruises. 

                                         So that's my story what do you think?

   

Crazy Pizza

Hello all well here's my story for the week. I wanted to celebrate a good financial move that I made with a pizza. So I ordered a pizza from  a place  I had stopped using because they were not that good. But me being the good sport and believe in giving food places second chances I ordered a pizza from them. When I went to pick the pizza up it was a large pie the man said $25. I almost fainted. For a large pizza it's $25??? Ok I did have  some topping on it but still. I said to myself you know what I can do with that $25.00 in a grocery store. How much food I can purchase. Yes I am a cheapskate.   I recently gave the man the money and on top of that the pizza was lousy. Never gain will I use that pizza place or spend that kind of money on pizza. From now on it's the 99 cents frozen pizza from the grocery store.

I have been worrying about my finances a lot lately and  I prayed on it. Something told me to just enjoy my life because we can't predict the future and we shouldn't try. Whatever life deals you in the coming future just be prepared to deal with it the best way you know how. Yep that what a good prayer does for you it puts your mind at ease.

So that's my story what do you think?

Not A Problem!!!

Hello all well here's the story for this week...

I went to my local bank and basically I love that bank the people are friendly and they work with me and my difficult  transactions. Mostly when I go to the bank I go over to the Customer Service  desk and she helps me. Well not this week. when I went in to the bank the person or people who normally help me were not there new people where in their places. The CSR called me over I told her what I needed to have done. She started the work, then another CSR came over and told the women to stop working on my transactions. I could go to the teller and have all that done. I looked at the women like she had three heads. Then I said no problem I got my banking stuff and walked over to the teller  window but first in my mind I did this

I was mad that this women who came over to the desk and stopped my transaction with the first CSR was not even a manager she was a  floating  CSR.   At the teller window  I talked so loudly about being send over to the  window . I think everybody in the bank must of heard my mouth. I asked the teller  when's  the original people where coming back, she said soon. Then I told her good I will wait to open a cd  when the regulars come back. They could keep these floating people they don't know how to treat customers.

          Well that's my story what do you think?    

Tired of Snow

 Hello All. Well here's this weeks story...

I am tired of snow and cold it's 25 degrees and it's been snowing on and off in New York

 for the last couple of days. I am so ready for the warmer weather to get here. Nothing much to report so far.  Sometimes life is quite and that's what we need. No crazy messes, nothing breaking, no stress just a quite life. The only thing I have been doing is trying to find a cheap way to lose weight. I was looking at weight watcher for the 100th time. It's just not me. I can not see spending a couple hundred dollars for meetings and food. I might start walking again I just have to get out of being so Darn Lazy. I will admit I am a fat lazy person. But when it's get warmer. I have more motivation to get out. I have  yardsale season that motivates me to walk , run, do deep knee bends, stretching, elbow bending all for a chance to find the good stuff. That's why I love my yard sales. where else can you get the exercise you need and the stuff you don't need all in one place!  Well that's my story for the week.  
                                                                   
                                                                           So what do you think?