Weekend Spending Report!

I had an amazing weekend! On Friday I had girl's night with 2 of my closest girlfriends - we got pedicures, went out for dinner and then made martinis and watched chick flicks. On Saturday I hung out with another friend at the beach and then went to the opera with K in the evening. I had a blast! We got all dressed up (he wore a tux and brought me a rose when he picked me up!) and had a really good time - even though we both nodded off a bit during the first act thanks to the pre-show wine... lol. This morning I got up to go to the gym and K joined me, then we had brunch and watched a movie. :)

Friday
$5.70, Lunch
$22, Pedicure + tip
$11, Dinner

Saturday
$0, Opera (K paid for our pre-opera drinks, the opera tickets & the after-dinner drinks...)

Sunday
$0, Brunch (K paid - even though I insisted, he refused. Told me that I just owe him a home-cooked meal, which I am VERY happy to do!)

Total: $38.70

Dinner & a Movie!

Last night, K and I went on yet another date. It was dinner and a movie, and I offered to pay for dinner. He's paid for all our dates so far except when we went to the driving range last weekend. However, that $10 isn't exactly much! It's 2009 - the guy doesn't have to and shouldn't pay for everything! (Especially in this economy.) But he insisted on paying for the movie, which I gladly accepted. :)

Dinner: $64.38 (We both had leftovers - hooray! But our drinks were a disappointment.)
Movie: $22 (Go see I Love You, Man! It was hilarious! K paid.)
Starbucks: $0 (via Starbucks gift card I had)

Survey Checks!

I received 2 survey checks in the mail today. $3 from Pinecone Research and $10 from Your2Cents.

That $13 is going into my Car Fund!

CA State Refund!

My California state tax refund of $332 was directly deposited into my E-fund on Monday.

Hooray!

Weekend Spending Report / Dating Update

I basically spent all of my weekend with K as we continue to date and get to know each other. I went to his place on Friday after work to hang out. We tried to go to the driving range but the pro shop was closed so we played around on the putting green for a while. He cooked dinner, a chicken and vegetable stir fry and we ended up just watching Fight Club and talking all night. On Saturday morning we went to brunch and then finally did go to the driving range! He came over to my place later that evening and one of my crockpot meals turned out terrific. Neither of my roommates were around, so we just watched some romantic comedies, played cards and had a few drinks. Sunday morning I went to the gym then ran some errands and bought my Dad's birthday present plus a card. My Gift Fund is being drained for this, but obviously it's for my father so it's completely worth it. :)

Friday
$0, Dinner at K's

Saturday
$10, Driving Range

Sunday
$15.21, Trader Joe's
$105.61, Shirt from Nordstrom for my Dad (coming out of my Gift Fund)
$3.98, Drugstore (card for my Dad)

Total: $134.80

A Few Extra Dollars!

Like Stacking Pennies, I noticed that the economic stimulus package went into effect with my last paycheck, giving me approximately $35/month extra. Since I live in the same lovely state of California, though, I'm not sure what will happen with state taxes...

However, these few extra dollars will be nice! Not quite sure what I plan on doing with them yet in my budget. Perhaps tossing it towards my Gift Fund? Or towards my Entertainment category and having a bit more fun with my friends?

I'll see what I feel like and take it on a month-to-month basis! :)

Profit Sharing

My company has a fantastic benefit for all of us employees: a profit sharing plan!

I recently received the 2008 statements for my own contributions to my 401k as well as employer-matching contributions. There was another statement in the package for profit sharing.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that for 2008 (even though I only started at the firm in June), I received a nice sum of $1,424.15. However, due to the vesting schedule, I will not be 100% vested in the profit sharing plan until I have worked at the company for 6 years.

But still, even if I only receive a portion of that benefit - something is better than nothing!