Week 10-11 of 52 Weeks Savings Plan

It's currently 11:50 pm on the Saturday before daylight savings times so you know that what means? Yes, we lose an hour of sleep so that we have more daylight (less is more...right?). But that also means that we are reaching the end of week 10 and the beginning of week 11 for our 52 Weeks Savings Challenge. 

I hope you remembered to put in your week 10. If not, there's still 10  9 minutes to act before you're behind. And no one wants to be behind. 

Need an overview of the challenge? Check it out.

And in case you are wondering, I decided to knock out week 52 during week 11. #RebelWithACause

Ride Public Transportation? Don't Be Like These People.

I take public transportation to work everyday. Some days it varies from a commuter rail to a metro to walking to even a bus. But it's public transportation all the way. And all the way I come across plenty of d-baggery, uncomfortableness, and whole bunch of wtf that I'm sure I could fill a whole book on. I'll spare you the details...for now, since Buzzfeed has done a pretty good job at summarizing most of the things I come across on a daily basis riding public transportation.

So do me a favor. Don't do anything of these things.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/newu1085/16-types-of-subway-commuters-everyone-hates-654m

WTF Wednesday || Triple J

Hi loveies!

It's Wednesday and while people refer to it as hump day, I like to call it WTF Wednesday. Why? Well usually by this time there are some things in the news that have you smh-ing, lol-ing, omg-ing, or staring at the computer/laptop/mobile device looking like you're trying to solve for X in a differntial equation with imaginary numbers.

And this, my dear friends, is why I will do the treacherous job of digging through all of this pop culture hullabaloo and recap some of my favorites in a segment called WTF Wednesday. Now before you go flying off the handle, WTF can mean whatever you want it to. Granted most of you are familiar with what conventional young adult online lexicon has it stand for, I'm leaving it up to you good people to decide what you want WTF to stand for. And remember, it can change every Wednesday. Maybe it's We Thank Fruitloops. I mean, who wouldn't want to say thanks to those delicious loops of not real fruit? Or Where's The Fries? Seriously, I shouldn't have to explain that one to you. Who doesn't wonder where fries are every now and again?

But today, WTF will stand for *drum roll please* Wasting The Financials but it could easily be replaced with What in The entire F***.

If you haven't watched, listened to, or read the news in the past week you may be a little confused if I share the name Jesse Jackson Jr. with you.  First thoughts may be "He was in the Jackson 5 right? Right?" Or maybe you're thinking he's some famous entertainer. I mean Triple J does sound like a wrestling name or at least a professional dog stylist for the Westminster Dog Show. Shout out to Banana Joe!

But what if I told you that Mr. Jesse Jackson Jr. is non other than the son of Rev. Jesse Jackson!  (I know, I know. I outdid myself with all of my detective work.) Oh, and he may have also swindled close to $1 million from the American people while he was a member of Congress who was on "medical leave" for most of his last term for an unspecified illness which was most likely a shopping addiction.



 Image Credit: The Google

Yes, close to $1 million. Well $750,000 to be exact but who doesn't like to round up? So you may ask yourself "Self, what could one person buy with $750,000 before they got caught?" Well... besides your own small island that you transplant yourself and your closest friends to and start a mini corgi farm because they are just so darn adorable; let me tell you what he supposedly (and I use that term loosely) bought.

List of Ridiculous Stuff to Spend $750,000 of Someone Else's Money On (SEMOn for short)

List of Ridculous Stuff to Spend $750,000 of SEMOn

1. A $46,000 Fedora that once belonged to Micheal Jackson (of no relation). Funny thing is, this fedora does nothing but just sit on his head. No dishes. No moon walking. No reading you a bedtime story. No showing you how to properly fold a fitted sheet. Nothing. I say he got ripped off, but that's just my opinion.
2. $43,000 Rolex Watch because anything less can't be trusted with telling time accurately.
3. Stuffed Elk Heads. To match the stuffed Elk butts he previously had on his mantel. I'm kidding, I have no clue why anyone would want to buy those.
4. $5,000 Fur Capes and Parkas. I feel as though a fur cape isn't the best choice when flying around Chicago as a super-hero. Seems a bit less than aerodynamic to me. Unless it was a live fur coat made of live flying squirrels. Then I can see that being a good investment. But alas, I read that they were various mink capes. *sad face*
5. $14,000 on dry cleaning. How else are you going to clean a live fur cape made of flying squirrels?
6. $61,000 on Restaurants, Night-Clubs, and Lounges.  At least he goes for the high class strip joints. Or just made someones night at the strip clubs that are probably sticky inside.
7. $5,000 football signed by some U.S. Presidents. I'm almost positive it had Taft's signature on it. And McKinley's. And Washington's.
8. $10,105 on Bruce Lee memorabilia. Seems pretty legit.

Way to go Triple J. Way to go.


Until Next Time...

Bloggin' on a Budget || Savings Week 8-9

Hi ya'll!

Hope you remembered to put your $8 (or $16 if you're doubling up like me) in the bank as a part of our 52 weeks of savings. If not it's not too late to add your Week 8 savings and you it's never too early to put in your Week 9 savings.

Some of you may be flying through this and thinking "$8 (or $16) a week is a piece of yummy homemade chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream icing. I can do this all year long". Then you happen to catch a glance at week 52 and you think you yourself. "Self, I'm not sure if I can do $49 (or $98), $50 (or $100), $51 (or $102), and $52 (or $104) during December of this year. That's $152 (or $304) during the month when I usually spend the most." Well before you start biting your nails down to the stub I have a solution for you.

Start backwards. Or jump around (jump up, jump up and get down). If you find yourself during week 10 with enough money to cover some of the later weeks, go ahead and put that in now and mark that week off of your list. As long as you hit all of the weeks before the end of the year, you'll end up putting in the exact same amount. So if you know that December you'll be strapped for cash, switch December for March. Or maybe you're going on vacation in September and won't have any extra money then? Swap April for September. Or random weeks for other random week. Hell, put all of the money in your account now when you get your tax refund and call it a  year day. I don't care how you do it as long as you do it!

Sound like a plan? Well get to it skippy!

Until next time...

My Worst [Hair] Nightmare

Well, this is probably second to me walking into a public bathroom and find that every single service is covered with multiple strands of random hair. And when I go to leave the bathroom the door knob too is covered with stray hair. THAT would be my worst hair nightmare.

But I digress. This is pretty horrible as well. I'm not sure how she didn't start crying before she stopped filming. I'm also not sure how high the heat was on that and why she was saying to leave it on for 20 seconds? But what I am sure of is that this will brighten your day. Maybe not for anything besides that fact that it didn't happen to you.

Poor girl.

Until next time...