About Me

Empty nester here....

Countries visited: 20

Countries lived in: 6

Favorite city: Paris, of course

Countries on wish list to visit: Down Under, NZ, Ireland, Scotland, Egypt, Fr. Tajiti, back to Morocco, Martinique

States still need to visit: North and South Dak., Minn., HI, Alaska

Would love to visit Alaska by way of a cruise

Favorite outdoor activities: quiet walks in the woods, gardening - flower and vegetable, sitting outside in my yard listening to and watching the wildlife, horseback riding.

Favorite indoor activity: cooking, reading (last read was Bloody Business), cross-stitching while watching a favorite show, just chatting about anything with my SO.

Added more to the Challenge today

June 19th, 2008 at 02:55 pm

After picking up my paycheck, when filling out the deposit slip, I rounded out the amount to be deposited. The change I received in return ($15.00) was put into my $20 Challenge. That said, here's my update:

Previous amount: $45.00
Added today: $15.00
Total to date: $60.00

Woohoo!!!

A question of which I would really love to hear a few responses. Many of you have huge chunks of change to your challenge. Where to you "park" your challenge money?

You know I currently keep mine in a large plastic Coke bottle; I don't have enough yet to make an impact on interest earnings. But as the amount grows, I will put it into a high yield savings account...

Posted in $20 Challenge, saving | 4 Comments »

4 Responses to “Added more to the Challenge today”

Koppur Says:
June 19th, 2008 at 03:52 pm

Mine is in and ING savings account. Even $25 earns interest. If you would like a link to open an account, let e know. If you open it with $250 or more, you get a $25 bonus and I get a $10 bonus.
littlemama Says:
June 19th, 2008 at 05:14 pm

I have an ING acct also. All of my challenge $$$ goes into my vcacation acct.
compulsive debtor Says:
June 19th, 2008 at 07:24 pm

Some of my challenge money goes to pay down debt and some of it goes into savings to pay for future vacations and a tiny bit of it goes into checking to pay for little monthly splurges.
ZenQueen50 Says:
June 20th, 2008 at 06:39 am

I, too, have an ING account - but thank you for the offer, Koppur. The three comments above will inspire me to do this every month. I will take my total bills out of my piggy bank and deposit it into my ING account. This will also depend on how much I've saved over that month. Otherwise, I will deposit it every other month.

Thank you muchly, all!

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