it's $1.75 for a frozen capuccino...
The Coffee Cup has a promotion of "buy 10, get 1 free!"...no, I don't buy enough to get 1 free...but, today, since some co-workers were having a meeting, they asked me to order it for them and, since they know "I don't serve coffee" (not that I've ever said that, I guess it's just an attitude thing! :P) ...they said they'd let me keep the stamps in exchange!! woo-hoo!!...they ordered 10 cups of coffee, so my next frozen capuccino will REALLY be free!!!

$1.75 to be added to my $20 challenge for this month!

$20.57 for 5.91 gallons of gas (price is same as last week $3.48)

1. New bed for Ale... Pending, not urgent yet

2. New bike for Ale...Has dropped even lower in priority

4. Ale's birthday party!! - She wants to have it at the Children's Museum...Same as last month!...if I don't get an answer by next week, will look into alternatives!! ((Events are suspended indefinetely at the Museum, as they are still trying to decide how they are going to revamp them...no info on prices or anything, so I have no way to make a comparison...))

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#3 and #5 were car and car registration card. Car is bought (and being paid off little by little!) and, registration card was issued and is valid through July 2007!!

Well, last year in June I was literally DROWNING in debt!... the apt still hadn't sold and my car was giving me very serious problems (this was the beginning of the end for that car!)...

It's good to see so much progress!

Thanks to all for your support in the process!!

Received partial payment $15 for translations done in April.

OK. Tracking expenses for half of last month has made me realize a couple of things:

1. I DO have entertainment $$...it's just not budgeted!...have allotted $25 to this one (last month spent about $40!)...((sigh)) CREA makes things more expensive, as for the weekends we go, there is always something to buy or pay for...

2. I NEED to set up an emergency fund...even if just $3/month, so that I have $$$ to replace little things (like the fan that broke)

3. I need to set up a "wardrobe" fund for Ale (she IS growing and, buying clothes and shoes will continue to be a recurrent expense!...)

4. My lunch money should also be kept separate, although I did stay below budget for this! (my allocated budget for lunches is $4/week...that means I can buy lunch -if necessary- 1x week and, buy my drinks the rest of the days)

5. Most important, I need to track my expenses on a DAILY basis (and not hoard the tickets/bills/invoices until the end of the week and then input the info in my spreadsheet)...this way I can see the real damage I'm making and can correct as I go, instead of resorting to hitting my head against the wall in frustration, which really does nothing to remedy the situation!

OK. New month = new opportunity for improvment!...will make the best that I can!

there was a special if you bought balance for your prepaid Digicel through electronic media here in ES...I took advantage of it and loaded $5 through netbanking...now I have $10 worth of minutes in my phone! woo-hoo!!!

I'd say June has started off well!

I'll add the $5 of free minutes to my $20 challenge for June!