Dimples' Divine Domain
My journey to financial empowerment.

I got my semi-annual bonus. It was $3K which makes $7500 this year. After taxes I got $2020. I still have $400 of my Christmas bonus and the $300 that is available since I skipped my loan payment with my bank. That makes a total of $2700 available to do as I please. And after much consideration I decided to go ahead and put ALL towards my credit card debt and not spend it on a trip to Hawaii like I originally planned. JUST KIDDING!!!! I only considered the trip for like a second..........OK maybe like a full minute but ya girl ain't crazy. tee hee . *ahem* Anyways. Here are the cards that will be paid off: CREDIT CARD BALANCE Old Navy $126.70 Avenue $127.19 Providian $173.24 Tire Kingdom $669.90 Capital One $727.23 Target $953.55 I updated my CC Debt Payoff chart with my new balance. Check it o...

Here are the results of my Christmas Budget. Person Gift Budget Actual Mom Spending $$$ for her trip $100 $100 Dad ?? $50 $121 My Sweet Pea Her 1st pet - Goldfish $50 $50 Sister L George Foreman Grill $45 $37 Sister E Luggage Set & DVDs $40 $35 Brother Zune $50 $0 Godson J Toys & Clothes $25 $30 Godson A Smackdown vs Raw 2008 game $40 $40 Best Friend K X $30 $25 Best Friend's son Shoes $20 $14 Best Friend D Shredder $50 $15 TOTAL $500 $467 I got my daughter a 5 g...

I am about finished with my Christmas list. I have gotten everyone's gift except my daughter's main gift. Person Gift Budget Actual Mom Spending $$$ for her trip $100 $100 Dad ?? $50 $131 My Sweet Pea Her 1st pet - Goldfish $50 $15 Sister L George Foreman Grill $45 $37 Sister E Luggage Set & DVDs $40 $35 Brother Zune $50 $0 Godson J Toys & Clothes $25 $30 Godson A Smackdown vs Raw 2008 game $40 $50 Best Friend K X $30 $20 Best Friend's son Shoes $20 $14 Best Friend D ...

The company holiday party was off da chain! And your girl Dimples came out on top. I walked away with a $500 cash bonus and a $250 gift certificate to a bed and breakfast in St Augustine. As I said in my post , I was going to attempt to get an iPod for my brother for Xmas. Unfortunately, they only had a grey 4G iPod nano and my brother would not have liked it. So the search continues. I am real psyched about my bed and breakfast prize. I haven't had a vacation since I became a mom 5 years ago. I really need to take one before I wear myself out and straight lose it. My birthday is January 3 and I am trying to think on how I want to play the festivities out. I have two other friends whose birthdays are Dec 25 and Dec 29. We have been talking about combining our birthday festivities into one big thing, either it be a cruise or trip somewhere or just maybe a big party. We are trying to do that the weekend before New Years so I may cash in on the bed and breakfast getaway the...

I have been truly blessed this past couple of weeks. With my Xmas gift budget impeding on my debt snowball plan I decided to kick my side hustle game up a notch. I must admit I am extremely impressed with myself. :-D *I purchased two Altec Lansing M604 Powered Audio System for Zune from Woot last week for $39.99 a piece and $5 shipping. I then resold both items on Amazon for $99.99 each. I made $110 in profit. That $$$ is sitting in my new Wachovia checking account. *I received an offer in the mail from Nissan a month ago. I would get a $50 AmEx gift card for test driving a 2008 Nissan Rogue. Well I did the test drive and sent in my completed certificate and I received my $50 gift card in the mail a couple of days ago. I am planning on using that during my birthday festivities the weekend before New Years. *I just received 3 checks ($4 a piece) from American Consumer Opinion for a few surveys a did a couple of weeks ago. I deposited that moola into my Wachovia checking ac...

I bought my sister's grill today at Macy's. It was a George Foreman Next Grilleration Grill and on sale for $49.99. I had a $15 off $50 coupon that I used and I ended up spending a total of $37 on her gift. While I was at Macys I bought my Godson J a cute lil Cars hoodie set. That finishes up his gifts. I sent off the $50 to my BFF D and that mofo sent the money right back. Ugh! Damn men and their pride. Anyways he said all he want for X-mas is for me to take the $50 and put it towards one of my credit cards. So I plan to do just that BUT I am still going to get him something. I just may make it instead. I went to this craft store to purchase a few items for my new quest of starting some new hobbies and I just fell in love with the store. I could just imagine the wonderful handmade things I could create. So I am currently brainstorming on what exactly to make him and then I will see what I will need to make it happen and how much it will cost. By the look of the ...