Summer

Summer has taken me away from the world of the internet! It is strange what happens when you spend time outdoors, you seem to forget your finance blog... I have not forgot about finances just the blog. We have been able to stay very close to our budget this summer. It is a very good thing because last summer things got out of control. Our spending went up and our income went down. This is not a good combination.

This summer spending has remained the same and for the last half of summer income has gone up! This will allow us to pay down our credit card a little faster as well as to start looking seriously at buying a condo. I get a crazy rate of 1.75% because I work at a bank!

The Condo is three bedrooms and about 1200 square feet. The asking price is $239 000 but it has been on the market for over a year. This number may be flexible. It is close to public transportation that will allow me to get all the way downtown in 50 min. This keeps the options open as to where I can find accounting positions once done school.