Sidebar Update

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! Hope everyone is enjoying their own version of food and family...

Now that I'm back from my trip and my travel fund was completely depleted, I decided to reorganize and reprioritize my sidebars a bit... My #1 goal is to hit that emergency fund goal, and I am more focused there than ever. As I try to meet my 2009 Annual Net Worth Goal I am going to be more focused on balancing each month's budget based on income and expenses. I want to make sure that I am using every $1 of my twice monthly paycheck that is not spent to go into that emergency fund (vs. just hanging out in a stray checking account).



The Guy and I have decided that we're getting a dog on April 1st and our goal is to save $1000 before that time to cover dogwalking expenses. In financial terms, April 1st is SO CLOSE. So I have to get serious about this one.



Finally, I'm realizing it's not going to be even close to realistic for me to save anything substantial for grad school or a wedding right now, so I have opened that subaccount in ING, but until I get through with goals #2 and #3, I'm not going to worrry about it too much. Perhaps more focus will really help!