Debt Dumpers - 2016

Eureka said:

Guess who accepted a verbal offer of a job yesterday evening?! It was the first one I interviewed with, the one that's a little farther away (the commute is gonna suck) but with the manager who made me feel very comfortable. The HR lady, who previously had told me their range was lower than my previous salary, offered me slightly more than I was making when I was laid off (like, $1000 more) so I won't be taking a pay cut! This place has free parking and kicks in 10% for retirement once I qualify after three months being there. So happy and relieved. I know it didn't take very long at all but it's been a long summer of stress. Not sure when I start, depends on background check.

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Eureka said:

Guess who accepted a verbal offer of a job yesterday evening?! It was the first one I interviewed with, the one that's a little farther away (the commute is gonna suck) but with the manager who made me feel very comfortable. The HR lady, who previously had told me their range was lower than my previous salary, offered me slightly more than I was making when I was laid off (like, $1000 more) so I won't be taking a pay cut! This place has free parking and kicks in 10% for retirement once I qualify after three months being there. So happy and relieved. I know it didn't take very long at all but it's been a long summer of stress. Not sure when I start, depends on background check.

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Jen and Ashwin said:

So good news from here as well! DH just got the call with the job offer. He will be a programmer analyst at the survey research center at the same University at which I work! His start date is September 12. His seems so relieved. This is such a big weight off his shoulders and he seems really excited to get started. We have some shopping to do this weekend since he will need more business casual clothes.

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Jen and Ashwin said:

So good news from here as well! DH just got the call with the job offer. He will be a programmer analyst at the survey research center at the same University at which I work! His start date is September 12. His seems so relieved. This is such a big weight off his shoulders and he seems really excited to get started. We have some shopping to do this weekend since he will need more business casual clothes.

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Eureka said:

Guess who accepted a verbal offer of a job yesterday evening?! It was the first one I interviewed with, the one that's a little farther away (the commute is gonna suck) but with the manager who made me feel very comfortable. The HR lady, who previously had told me their range was lower than my previous salary, offered me slightly more than I was making when I was laid off (like, $1000 more) so I won't be taking a pay cut! This place has free parking and kicks in 10% for retirement once I qualify after three months being there. So happy and relieved. I know it didn't take very long at all but it's been a long summer of stress. Not sure when I start, depends on background check.

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Jen and Ashwin said:

So good news from here as well! DH just got the call with the job offer. He will be a programmer analyst at the survey research center at the same University at which I work! His start date is September 12. He seems so relieved. This is such a big weight off his shoulders and he seems really excited to get started. We have some shopping to do this weekend since he will need more business casual clothes.

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Eureka said:

Ugh. Cars are such a pain. Our van has automatic doors and one of them is broken, there's a cord hanging down that's loose or detached. It will start to open and then stops. Luckily we can pull it shut manually. Not sure we will even fix it bc the car is old and recently has started falling apart. I think we're done paying on our other car in maybe six months (can't remember)...then we'll start looking for a new van. Only want one payment at a time.

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DisneyMandC said:

Congrats! That's great news, and didn't even have a paycut! And even though you'll have the longer commute, at least you'll get a little more money and free parking out of it!

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Jen and Ashwin said:

So good news from here as well! DH just got the call with the job offer. He will be a programmer analyst at the survey research center at the same University at which I work! His start date is September 12. He seems so relieved. This is such a big weight off his shoulders and he seems really excited to get started. We have some shopping to do this weekend since he will need more business casual clothes.

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Ngwira said:

Congrats to Eureka and Jen's husband Ashwin!!! Wohoo.

We left the Dream yesterday and are at the Grand Floridian until Friday. We got upgraded to club level!!! Pixie dust all around! The dream was amazing. DH and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary with brunch at Palo. So amazing and castaway cay was gorgeous.

Onto the budget...I brought $500 with me for pocket money and have over $300 left with 3 days to go. I also brought $1600 in gift cards and have a $1000 left although we still have sci fi and narcoosees left. But, I should still easily have the $200 deposit for next years trip from this years leftover money.

I also met the minimum spend on the second Amtrak credit card and paid that off. My points have posted on one of my cards and DH's card so I can book our trip down to Florida next year with no out of pocket. I was spending $1500 previously.

The not so good is I received our insurance renewal and it's $884 for 6 months because of the new car. It was $600 previously. I need to have comp and collision since it's financed. But I do intend to shop around to see if I can lower this rate.

I have $3500 left on the car. I plan to pay another $1,000 on Friday(payday). Hopefully paid off in September and then my only extra payment will be the window loan which is no interest. $500 a month should knock it out quickly.

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