Saturday, October 10, 2009

Unmotivated to Save

I haven't been feeling very motivated to write lately. Money is still a bit tighter than I would like, and we've continued to splurge on (small) items. 

The car insurance bill for our second vehicle arrived today. Six months ago, it was $320. This time around, it's just shy of $400. That's a HUGE increase, percentage-wise. A state-mandated increase accounted for a small portion of it, but the rest was just due to the insurance company hiking premiums (our credit scores haven't changed, we haven't had any tickets or accidents, etc.). Between both vehicles, we've had to pay $150 extra this month... and that's going to be a recurring charge, every six months. For now, we're just going to pay the bill - but Hubby is going to shop around to a few other places and see if we can bring the bill back down to something more reasonable. 

We went out for a nice dinner last night, $52. Then we stopped for dessert afterwards, $15. 

Today we went bowling and then out for pizza, $30. We also picked up a new pair of bowling shoes on clearance for me, $22. Hubby is still deciding which pair of shoes he likes best, but his will likely be around $50, since they didn't have any of his size on clearance. Even so, at $3 to rent bowling shoes, it definitely makes sense to own rather then rent (and if you ask me, the concept of renting shoes is just rather gross). 

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