Heard on Kid Carson this morning...

In the mornings, I listen to Kid Carson, my favorite Vancouver radio show. I have gotten a TON of interesting news today... starting with bacteria breeding in shower heads. But the news that takes the cake is that Ottawa sent body bags to northern Manitoba as part of a 'Swine Flu' kit.

If that happened to me, I would wonder 2 things: 1) What the heck?? and 2) Do they know something we don't??

New 401(k) allocation!

Yay! This is WAY more in line with what it should be... so that is a step in the right direction. Overall, it has been a fairly decent day... just one or two blights on a good day. Another Monday down.

Egg Cave

I'm trying out this new online game. It'll probably hold my interest for all of a day, but figured I might as well... Basically, I have these eggs and I have to take care of them.. by having people click on them. Self promotion much?




If you're bored, feel free to click. This is mostly to help me keep track of them.

Hello Saturday

The weather has been really pleasant the past few days... hovering around 80 as opposed to 100. In fact, yesterday it was absolutely pouring when I left work, and as everyone else stood around looking bewildered, I rolled up my jeans, pulled out my umbrella and walked out into the storm. It made me miss Vancouver.

Fabulous Doodles by Brooke Hagel

Mystie Vogue Ready

Marie loves Fashion

Lily

I'm currently hooked on these gorgeous prints of fashion illustrations by Brooke Hagel. I was browsing Etsy when I stumbled across her shop! I would love to buy a couple of these to replace the current illustrations I keep in my bathroom.

So far so good...

with the fact that I've managed not to spend any frivolous money. But bad on the front that I got a speeding ticket yesterday and didn't go to yoga today. Nor did I get any milk for my cereal. Alas, such is life.

One good thing is that I enrolled in my 401(k) today! I researched a couple of the funds who's names jumped out at me and put 100% into one for the time being. That one is Oppenheimer Developing Markets, which Morningstar gave a 5 star rating. Since I consider myself a bold, young investor I'm not too worried for the time being, but will research the additional funds soon so I can be sure I made the correct choice.

In other investment news, my Roth IRA is currently sitting at a gain of $-9.81 net. That might sound crappy that I'm negative, but considering my first buy in was right because the economy started tanking, and the market in general has been going lower and lower, I consider $10 good for my (almost) two years. In fact, in February of this year I was at $-2,546. Market is looking good to me...

As far as match, I'm going to max out my 401(k) employer match (3%) and then put the rest into my Roth IRA like I've been doing. If I manage to max that out, I'll increase my 401(k) contributions. My 401(k) doesn't start until October, so we'll see how maxing contibutions for the match goes for the 3 months left in the year!

Feels like a Friday

Already the third and no blog post! Bad.

I could never justify spending $330 on a party dress, but if I could, this is what I'd buy.

(from Timeless Vintage)