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July 23rd, 2011 at 02:20 pm

I have 10 items listed on ebay. Four have bids, another 4 or 5 have people watching the item. The auctions end tomorrow night. And those last seconds are when most of the activitiy occurs! Fingers crossed for high bids.

We have learned in the last week that our housing allowance will go down, since my husband is now stationed in another state. It will go down from $1521 per month to $1422, a drop in our income of $99 per month, or about $50 per pay period.

I did decide to cancel the newspaper subscription. It became effective this week. We are very aware that it is missing. It is one expense we got a fair amount of enjoyment out of. But, it's a trial for now. The cancellation saves us $17.39 per month.

We have $100 worth of rewards from our debit card that can be redeemed. I'm resisting at the moment since it seems it could be worth more as we get closer to the holidays and that money will come in handy.

I was invoiced this week for our sliding door, siding repair and painting. Total outflow for those expenses was $3,209.45. It was a necessary expense that will help avoid issues when we go to sell. I do really like the new sliding door. It works so well!!

With the repair and recent expense for my husband's move we have nearly depleted the extra $7000 that we saved last year. That is really hard to watch, but I know without saving that money it would have been far worse! The good news is that we will receive money from the Army for the move. Right now, I'm estimating we will receive about $4100. Not bad, huh?

In other good money news, DH's paycheck will be about $225 more than usual next week. This is a result of taking vacation or leave that he earned in a combat zone. Those days were non taxable earnings, thus less money was taken out for tax withholding.

It seems most of these updates are good. I'm starting to feel much better about our cash situation. It is all going to work out! Whew.

Posted in Spending, Saving, Sales, Surveys, Rebates, Taxes | 3 Comments »

3 Responses to “General Updates”

  1. rob62521 Says:
    July 23rd, 2011 at 02:23 pm 1311431024
    1311431024

    It's nice when things start to work out for the good and you can take a breath.

  2. Thrifty Ray Says:
    July 23rd, 2011 at 04:07 pm 1311437269
    1311437269

    So glad to hear things are feeling better on the financial front. It is hard to watch carefully saved money have to be used, but like you said, it was much better than the alternatives.

  3. Jerry Says:
    July 29th, 2011 at 01:56 pm 1311947760
    1311947760

    The little hit on the BAH/BAS is a pain, but it could certainly be worse as well! I have seen it lead to several hundred dollars in difference for people, and while the local costs usually are less for living it can be a painful adjustment without the insurance of that extra cash each month.
    Jerry

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