Happy Monday everyone! To the left you can see our awesome new car. We bought a 2013 Camaro 2SS just in case any of you were interested 😉
This past weekend was nice and fun. And that is great because work is so busy right now that I feel like I’m running around with my head chopped off. Can’t wait until the summer and this is all over hopefully. This past weekend went by too quickly, but oh well.
We got a TON of snow yesterday. On Saturday, I had the windows open and it was nice outside. Then of course we get over 15 inches of snow and it’s supposed to just keep snowing. This really stinks because we just bought the Camaro and of course it can’t drive in this. Snow in the spring time? NO!
Today, we’ll just be sharing the Jeep but that is a hassle since we don’t work at the same time nor work anywhere near each other. I am definitely not looking forward to driving to work, then back home to take W to work, then going back to work and then going home and then picking him back up 4 hours after that. AHHHH!
Also, I have a really awesome guest post about a fellow blogger and her significant other who quit their jobs around 6 months ago to travel the world. They have been all over and her guest post about it goes live on Friday. I know all of us dream about this happening one day, so why not live through her in the meantime? Be sure to come back on Friday!
Spending
Definitely a lot of spending in the past week. We bought a new car so that is expected! We are happy about one thing though, we thought it would be around $200 per month (at the minimum) for the Camaro’s car insurance, but it turns out that our insurance actually LOWERED and now we are only paying $100 per month for both of us on both the Camaro and the Jeep. That is crazy to think about. I even emailed our insurance company to make sure that was correct, and they said it was.
Everyone told us that we were crazy for getting the Camaro because our insurance should have gone through the roof. For some reason we got lucky so I’m definitely not going to complain. It is sad to see that my old car is no longer in the driveway, especially since my dad help me pick it out just one week before he passed away. Weird memory, I know, but it is still something that I think about. He LOVED Camaros though and had one for nearly half his life, so I’m sure he is super happy that we have a Camaro 🙂
Extra Income (does not include income from our main jobs)
I received approximately $1,713 in payments in the past week. A good week of course. I do feel like I’ve stalled with my extra income, but I am fine with that. I’d definitely rather have it be stable and having only the slightest increases than be decreasing.
Anyways, I’m still at a great level! How are you doing with your extra income? What are your goals with it? Eventually leave your job and do only extra income efforts? Pay off all of your debt? Tell me all about it! I am really interested.
Food
We’ve been doing really good with our food budget. I still will never say how much we were spending before, because usually jaws hit the floor. Our fridge is super packed with food though and we need to start eating more of it before it all goes bad. I do have a question though, how much do you all spend on food per month? How about per person per month?
Being healthy
I am doing AWESOME with working out. I run at least a couple of miles a day, have been lifting and eating more healthy. It does really help to have our gym in our basement. Do you prefer to work out at a gym or at home? How much do you spend per month of being fit (whether it be gym memberships, a personal trainer, organic food, etc)?
Yes, the upfront cost of buying weights (we spent over $300 in weights alone, plus $300 for the olympic bar), a “cage” to put the olympic bar on (that was another $500 plus $50 for the seat) and around $800 for the treadmill (got it at a MAJOR discount). We paid for it all upfront with extra money so it’s not as though we even noticed it. Saving up and paying for it immediately is awesome! And now we don’t have to waste gas driving to our gym which was 20 miles round trip. AND we can spend that extra time that we would have been driving and just work out instead.
Have you been doing well with your extra income, spending and being healthy?
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Congrats on the new car! It looks like it will be a lot of fun for the two of you! Although, sorry to hear about 15 inches of snow! Yikes! We're fussy about what we eat and eating healthy is more expensive but it's a expense that I'm willing to pay.
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Thanks! It is super fun 🙂
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Thanks for mentioning my post and I'm glad you guys have the new car. Did you think about the no driving in snow before you bought it?
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Welcome Lance 🙂 And yeah we did think about it. Thankfully it only snows like twice a year usually.
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Thanks!
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That's awesome! And thanks 🙂
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Hey Michelle,
I'd be really interested in seeing your longer-term plan for this extra income you have coming in every week now that it's stable. How does your new car and new house fit in? How have you changed your savings, etc. rates now that you have the income? I guess I'm asking if you'd be willing to share your bigger-picture budget/financial plan, if not the numbers than at least your thought process.
Emily
Hey Emily! I definitely need to make a post on this soon. I've been holding back just because we now have many people who know us that read the blog, so I'm still unsure of how open I want to be with our financial plan.
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You could kind of conceal the budget specifics using percentages. I don't recall you ever sharing your base salaries so there would still be some mystery. 🙂 Or just discuss in generalities with regard to lifestyle increases/inflation decisions.
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True. You are right! I will start working on this soon.
Love the new car! Weather around here has been near the same. Saturday was sunny and 55 degrees and then it snowed all day Sunday and has been off and on all day today. Enough is enough lol I am ready for some warm weather!
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I'm ready for warm weather also! I need it now!
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I'm with Holly, get it out of your system before you have a boring Mom car. Great work as always on the extra income. Hopefully it will be a quick turnaround on the weather so you can have a real spring.
Haha that's part of the reason why we got this. Might as well have something fast while we can!
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Congrats on the new car, well done. I hope you enjoy it and all the pleasures that come with it.
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Beautiful vehicle – let's see the inside? Nice income as well, heh. I'd call that a pretty solid week.
Haha I will have to post a picture of the inside soon. It is VERY nice. Leather, touch screen, heated seats 🙂
Michelle, not everyone has the option of a home gym.
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They are expensive, I agree. Not possible for everyone…
Beautiful car!
Thanks!
That's awesome Jordann!
Car is awesome! If you don't mind me asking, what insurance provider do you use?
We have Geico! We had Statefarm for the longest time but switched.