Financial Update

This should be easy, lol... STILL BROKE!

Actually, I intend for this to be more than just that. I am realizing very quickly that I am probably going to have to find a job that is not somewhere I plan on staying, but just something that I can have to get by until a career job opens up for me. The Papa Murphy's in Woodland is hiring and has open interviews tomorrow between noon - 2. Guess where I'm going tomorrow. I'm not THRILLED about it, but I know its easy work, its not fast food, and I might be able to get away with not working too many evenings if I can manage to swing a day prep job. Plus the fact that I was an assistant manager at Papa Murphys waaaay back when... I would hope this would be an easy job to get. I guess we'll see!

Right now I have to figure out what i've got available as far as funding goes.. against what I've got coming up to pay. Always a challenge when the total going out is more than whats coming in.

I currently have to pay:
$200 to Verizon
$120 as a deposit on my electric bill
$325 car payment

and I still need to order Ashlyn's Daisy Scout vest.


I keep thinking of things in my head too that I want to purchase... I am going to motivate myself by starting to read Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover as soon as I finish the book I'm currently reading.

I have a US Bank account that I opened to get the promotional free $50 (which I used to get an Old Navy giftcard and some much needed clothes for myself a while back) I think I'm going to try to use that savings account to try and save a $500 emergency fund and the checking account as a "goal savings". If I don't feel like I have as easy of access to the account, its much more likely to be successful in savings.

The things I want to save for are:
Emergency Fund ($500)
Bed/Mattress (either Craigslist or Ikea)
Dresser (Craigslist or Ikea)
Ipod
Trip to Florida (including Airfare, rental car, hotel(?) and extra money)
Verizon wireless termination fees