My Daily Dollars

On the road to financial freedom, one day at a time

Entries from April 2008

Daily Accounting: 4/30 + Carnival

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Daily Accounting

Earned: $2806.27   Spent: $1511.51    Saved: $212
April snowflakes: $226.51
Finally, payday was today.  The last few days seemed to take a really long time.  I was hoping to get roughly $600 in travel reimbursement from work, but it seems to be held up in paperwork.  So, I’ll start calling on that tomorrow.  
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Save $$ on Chips and Salsa

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments · food

For our cookout this weekend, I’ll set out chips and salsa along with margaritas to get things going. A quick check of prices for salsa and tortilla chips reminded me why I love to make my own. I could easily spend $10 to $15 on bags of tortilla chips and prepared salsa. I’ll be able [...]

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Daily Accounting: 4/28 + 4/29

April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Daily Accounting

Earned: $0 Spent: $155 Saved: $0
Today was a great day at the grocery store. I bought our case of wine for $90 and spent $60 on groceries for the week! That ole Grocery Game seems to finally be kicking in. I am planning on buying some turkey from [...]

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