Monday, October 31, 2011

Monthly Update

Pay off student loan - 19.6% (Up .4%)
E-fund 2 - 97.8% (Up 9.6%)
Fence - 77.8% (Up 26.1%)

Happy Halloween! I just finished sending the Trick-or-treaters on their way. I had 51 this year. Previous years yielded 90-100 so we're down quite a bit this year. More leftovers for me, I suppose. I did miss the first half hour and perhaps a school night drove some kids away. I love this time of year. The start of the fun holidays ending with a fresh start, the new year, and a tax refund. I do enjoy the changing seasons and deal with the cold. The one thing I really don't like is the lack of day light, but what's a person to do? And as much as I enjoy the holidays, I seriously can't believe the Christmas commercials already. Come on! :)

On the finance front, things went well. I think the stock market bounced back a bit, leading to the nice increase in the e-fund 2. It wasn't because I pumped money in or anything. Although I did get a present from work in the form of a check. I will send $900 to e-fund 2 and I'm thinking about spending the other $100 on a used DS Lite and a couple of games. Still debating. It's that time of year again, the time of year I settle in to play some video games. They pretty much lay dormant all summer. I need to clear out a few Wii games also that have been rejected. That might cover some of it.

The fence/cat fund got a nice little bump. I was hoping to push more in there but I forgot about getting some work done on the tree this fall. I have a couple of weeks before my cat can even be qualified for the treatment, in the least. We might have to wait longer, depending on how his bloodwork goes later this month. I just want to do it and be done but I know that's not the best way. Aside from the fuzzy time line, the costs are quite fuzzy as well. I hate things like that..lol.