Root beer saves the day!
Hello Again,
I’m expecting the later part of the week to be quite hectic for me at school & work, so rather than keeping you all hanging without my normal end-of-the-week update, I decided to post it now.  After all, I know you are always so anxious to hear about my weekly financial adventures, and I simply did not want to disappoint you all.  No need to say “Thank You”  … Let’s just say we consider this an early Christmas present from me to you. (See, always creatively thinking about how I can save $)
So let’s see now … By simply budgeting for my week’s breakfast costs, I already am not feeling the same amount of self-inflicted pressure to have to get up early enough to hit the cafeteria. If I sleep in, I am OK financially, and if I do happen to wake up, then it’s an unexpected bonus to my wallet. And, believe it or not, I actually did wake up early enough yesterday morning (without even being a total bear around campus!) Think I may even be getting used to this early to rise to thing – NOT!
Anyway, as you probably know by now, my parents visited me this past weekend. Their parental visit “forced” me to clean my dorm room in order to eliminate all evidence of my growing fondness for root beer. And, let me tell you … Cleaning my room was quite the exhausting task, although fairly profitable.  For our grueling efforts (yes, I said “our” – there was no way I was tackling the job myself so I enlisted the help of my roommate/accomplice), we cashed in on a total of $12.15 that we split evenly. While I believe my roommate’s share of this windfall may already be long spent, mine is not! Don’t get me wrong, I am not claiming any sudden sainthood toward savings, I’m just telling you that I basically haven’t had much free time yet to spend it (which is probably a good thing, because I realize now that I am going to need this money.  Ugggh)
As for the visit from Mom & Dad, I must admit that it was a very nice change of pace considering the fact that I have not seen my parents since starting school in August. Not only was it a very cheap weekend for me (they paid for everything), but they also surprised me with a huge care package filled with food & drinks (nope, no rootbeer) & personal items, all of which will be a great help on my skimpy personal budget over the next couple of weeks. As an added bonus, as they were leaving to head home, they slipped me a couple of 20′s which was definitely an even nicer surprise. So, add it all up for yourself … yes, the visit with my parents was an all-around plus in my book. Gotta love ‘em!
Oh, I also need to tell you about my newest money-making venture for this week. I attribute this idea partially to Platinum Stud, as a result of his blog last week about looking for ways to bring in additional income. To make a long story short, I brought my faithful old printer to college with me, and less than two weeks into classes, it decided to crap out on me (forcing me to buy a new one). Of course, the ink cartridge supply that I also had brought with me from home did not fit my new printer and I had to buy more ink too. That was NOT a good financial week for me, by the way! Anyway, as I was cleaning my room in preparation for my parents’ visit, I found these new, yet now unusable ink cartridges stuffed in the corner of my room, and thought, “Hmmmm … maybe I can make some money on these???” So, I decided to list them for sale at a bargain price on CampusX College Classifieds, which is a free site for college students looking to sell/purchase items.  Good idea, huh?  Honestly, I can’t tell you that I have earned a single penny yet, but then again, I just recently placed the ad and I’m very hopeful that I still will make some money.  While I may never be able to re-coup the full price that I paid for those ink cartridges, just getting back some of their worth is a lot better than leaving them in a corner to collect dust.  I’m now combing my room for other items that I may be able to sell, because I’m sure there is probably something else laying around that I no longer have any use for.  So, look around your own place, and I bet you will find some items that you no longer are using that could possibly earn you a few bucks. And, the moral of my short story is: Remember, one person’s trash is often someone else’s treasure!
So, with all that said, where do I stand in the savings department this week? Well, unfortunately … not so great! With November quickly coming to a close, my first priority this week is to get my monthly bills paid first. Living on campus (with my room/board pre-paid for the year), I luckily don’t have many bills to worry about. However, I do have a couple that I am responsible for paying using my meager earnings. So, my entire paycheck this week (along with some of the money gifted by my parents) will be used to keep the creditors away instead. But, on a more positive note, thanks to my root beer collection (and of course, my parent’s gift), I expect to still have $20 left in hand to carry me through next week. And, if all goes well with the ink cartridge sale, I may even be able to put money in the bank this week … but only time will tell.
Until sometime next week … adios, my fellow ScholarshipPointers
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