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When I first moved here in May, I handed out resumes to all the plumbing companies in the yellow pages (except the small ones that turned out to be houses). Then, I handed out resumes to several shops in town as backup; Safeway was one of two that called me back (the other being Coles bookstore, and when I was hired by Safeway I cancelled the ( Read more... )

Yesterday, my boss spontaneously took a month of stress leave. She did not leave any instructions, no notes, nothing except that under doctor's orders nobody is to contact her for anything even remotely work related. She didn't even make up a schedule for next week ( Read more... )

I got my tax refund a little over a week ago. My first impulse was to buy a BluRay player (probably in the form of a PS3) and save the rest. My second impulse was to go to the bar and save the rest. I went to the bar, enjoyed some nice cold Yukon Red, and threw the rest into savings ( Read more... )

I've been in a lonely, bored mood lately, so even though money is tight I ordered a treat off Amazon: A Bit of Fry and Laurie, Complete Collection. Because I've been watching clips on Youtube and figured... I laugh every time so why not buy it ( Read more... )

I officially have $5,000 in my savings account. Now, I know this isn't a lot. But for little old me it's the most I've ever accumulated at one time ( Read more... )