Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Goodricke Week #9
I know I'm not alone when I say that I spend wayyyy too much money. I do have a job, and I do work a lot, so I do make money. I recently got my tax return stuff back and saw exactly how much I made last year from August-December. It was kind of a lot of money, and I have no idea where it all went. I do have a lot in my savings but thats partly because my mom sent me some money from my college fund in order to get a better interest rate. Today, I got paid the most I've ever gotten paid on a paycheck. I get paid weekly, therefore all of my hours come from the 4 days I work a week. I was very shocked when I recieved that paycheck because I only worked about 25 hours that week.
At Texas Roadhouse, I get paid $3.25 hourly, but I also get tip share added onto that. Even though I should, I don't exactly know what that means, but I do know that I get paid minimum wage. However, with tipshare I can get paid more than that based on the amount of tips made and distributed among all of the workers. At work, I have been trained on several different positions, each get paid differently. When I work in togo, I get paid more hourly (I believe) and I get to take home the cash tips that we make. The most I've made with the cash tips is about $15, which isn't the best, but we get a lot more credit card tips, so that gets put on our paycheck later. As of about a month ago, I've saved all of the cash tips that I've got in a glass piggy bank in order to put it into my account later.
Every week, I put away about 40% of my paycheck to my savings. When I got this huge paycheck this week, I put 50% of it. I am saving up for college, but I know at this rate, it wont even cover 10% of the tuition. Money is weird. I don't fully understand how it all works. I literally spend a lot of money on food and amazon. I recently bought $150 worth of stuff from amazon that, looking back, I didn't REALLY need, but I know that it made me happy and I do use the stuff. Actually, I haven't recieved the $90 dress that I ordered, and I'm stil waiting for it. I might end up returning it if it doesn't look like the picture. I shall keep you updated.
I can't add a caption because it's a big link of numbers for me, but this one is self explanitory.
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Spending money is definitely an issue I am sure we can all relate to. Even still, I completely understand the wow you felt when you received that large pay check. I started working at So Fun in January, and while I only work 2-4 days a week, I received a pretty good check recently and was wowed as well. It's nice feeling a sense of accomplishment after all the hard work you put in. In addition, cash tips are also a great bonus to that!
ReplyDeletePlease keep us updated on the dress! Honestly... I know spending money can be an issue but we all deserve retail therapy sometimes. Seriously, if we have money to spend, why not buy a little something here and there that makes us happy! I feel as though right now I am saving and spending a healthy amount of money.. I hope it will stay this way.
ReplyDeleteI usually do not spend very much money except on things I need. However this past week I spent like $50 on a bunch of things that I didn't need. I received a disappointingly low pay check and was feeling down so I bought random stuff. This probably wasn't my best idea, but I don't regret it because at least these things will bring me some happiness. I hope you like your dress!
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