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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:08 PM Author: splenetic orange keepsake machete striped hyena http://www.refinery29.com/money-diary-digital-media-editorial-budget (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140335) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:12 PM Author: Navy ladyboy LOL, MacBook pro and vacations and furniture paid for by DADDY, dinners by TINDER (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140378) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:26 PM Author: Chocolate Reading Party Ljl @ expensing dinner dates with tinder shrews (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140486) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:28 PM Author: obsidian glittery plaza scourge upon the earth A Week In NYC On A $36,000 Salary US AUGUST 14, 2016, 2:00 PM
Welcome to Money Diaries, where we're tackling what might be the last taboo facing modern working women: money. We're asking millennial women how they spend their hard-earned money during a seven-day period — and we're tracking every last dollar. (Thanks, New York mag, for the inspiration.)
Today, a web editor in New York City, putting down a security deposit for a new apartment.
Industry: Digital Media/Editorial Age: 22 Location: NYC Salary: $32,000, plus freelance work Paycheck Amount (2x a month): ~$1,200 # of roommates: 1
Monthly Expenses Rent: $760 Loan Payments: They haven’t kicked in yet; I just graduated in May and don’t have to begin making payments for six months. My parents also offered to make my loan payments until I have a more permanent/higher-paying job. Utilities: $25 for internet, around $40 for electricity Transportation: Monthly Metrocard $116 Phone Bill: Still on family plan, all paid for by my parents Health Insurance: Still on parents’ insurance Savings: I opened a Mutual Funds account several years ago and make deposits whenever I come into extra cash. (There’s around $8,000 in there currently.)
Day One 9 a.m. — Grab a coffee at Starbucks to fuel up for a morning of apartment hunting. $3
1 p.m. —Weekly Whole Foods trip for groceries. Splurged on Halo Top ice cream. Also pick up zucchini, hummus, mozzarella, popcorn, granola, fruit, and some other things. $31
3 p.m. — Found a new apartment through Craigslist! Paid the security deposit. Will be moving to Park Slope with two roommates. $200
7 p.m. — Made caprese salad for dinner from my WF haul.
Daily Total: $234
Day Two 9 a.m. — Cereal for breakfast at home. I’m not a huge breakfast person, but my commute is pretty long right now, so if I don’t eat before work, I show up super hangry. Honey Nut Cheerios are the solution.
1 p.m. — Brought my own lunch to work, but some coworkers invited me to join them in the cafeteria, so I paid $5 for a sandwich. Seems worth it to socialize at my new job! $5
7 p.m. — Mac 'n' cheese for dinner. It’s Kraft-style, but since it’s from Whole Foods, it’s healthy, right?
Daily Total: $5
Day Three 10 a.m. — Have breakfast at the office since I slept through my alarm and didn’t eat at home. They have fruit, peanut butter, coffee, and some other snacks, so I don’t have to spend any money.
12 p.m. — Office coffee #2. The Starbucks around the corner is tempting, but I can’t justify spending money on lattes when they’re free at work.
2 p.m. — Brought my lunch to work; some frozen Trader Joe’s meal I found in the back of my freezer, supplemented with snacks from work.
7 p.m. — It’s unreasonably hot, so I pop into Starbucks mid-commute for an iced tea. $3
8 p.m. — Stop by Trader Joe’s to grab something for dinner. Craving Kung Pao cauliflower I got there last week. $5
Daily Total: $8
Day Four 9 a.m. — Cereal and coffee for breakfast at home.
1 p.m. — Free sandwiches at the office. Yay! I take half of one and grab soup from the cafeteria. $3
9 p.m. — Late dinner with a blind date. He offers to pay, and I don’t object. He’ll probably end up expensing it, anyway.
Daily Total: $3
Day Five 9 a.m. — Coffee and cereal at home. This is getting pretty old.
1 p.m. — I know I’m supposed to be saving money, but Bloomingdale’s is having a sale. I got paid $75 for a freelance assignment today, so I don’t feel too bad about treating myself. I get a sweater. $40
6 p.m. — Pop into the grocery store for some spinach, mozzarella, and pesto. $12
9 p.m. — Order new sneakers online from Free People. Mine are super worn out, and these will be cute enough for the gym and the office. I’ve been looking for a new pair for a few months, and these were on sale (and free shipping!) $50
Daily Total: $102
Day Six 10 a.m. — Pop into Starbucks for an iced coffee. $3
2 p.m. —Half-day at work! H&M is having a sale, so I couldn’t resist checking it out. $40
10 p.m. — A friend is in town. Dinner and drinks at my favorite Thai restaurant. Got my first paycheck from my new job, so Champagne was in order. $28
Daily Total: $71
Day Seven 11 a.m. — Stop by a café for a bagel and cream cheese. $3
1 p.m. — Iced matcha latte from a new café. Did it mostly for a cute Instagram post. $5
2 p.m. — Great Kate Spade wristlet on sale! Score. I don’t feel super guilty about all my recent shopping, since I got paid for another freelance assignment today. I typically make anywhere from $75 to $300 a month freelancing. $30
3 p.m. — Vegan ice cream, since it felt like a hundred degrees outside. $5
4 p.m. — Tacos and margaritas with my friend from out of town. Can’t beat a weekend happy hour. I rarely go out to eat this much, but since my friend is visiting, we’re hitting up some new spots. $16
10 p.m. — Got invited to a party downtown — open bar with the cover. $5
12 a.m. — Super hungry, since tacos were so long ago. Cheese fries at a 24-hour diner before heading home. $9
Daily Total: $73
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:12 PM Author: Maize confused haunted graveyard what the fuck is refinery29 anyway? i keep seeing girls on tinder who work there (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140387) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:27 PM Author: Navy ladyboy some kind of sponsored media clothes shop I guess (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140501) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:14 PM Author: swollen gold faggot firefighter property "1 p.m. — Iced matcha latte from a new café. Did it mostly for a cute Instagram post. $5"
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:18 PM Author: obsidian glittery plaza scourge upon the earth (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140417) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:20 PM Author: stimulating alcoholic heaven (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140426) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:27 PM Author: Navy ladyboy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140502) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:29 PM Author: Turquoise adventurous black woman fanboi Jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140518) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:29 PM Author: Thriller pocket flask center Instagram users need to die. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140521) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:17 PM Author: obsidian glittery plaza scourge upon the earth jesus christ this makes me want to gouge my eyes out lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140414) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:18 PM Author: curious chapel lol jewish women (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140418) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:23 PM Author: swollen gold faggot firefighter property Check out this Queens city government employee who does NOT share her finances with husband (except a joint travel account, hehe)
Monthly Expenses Rent: $1,125 (my half) Utilities: $75 (internet and electric) Phone Bill: $80 Gym Membership: $20 Renter's Insurance: $13 (my half) Dog Insurance: $26 (my half) Dog Walker/Day Care: $160 (my half) Money for Main Savings Account: $200 Money for Travel Savings Account: $100 — my husband and I do not share our finances, other than this joint travel savings account. Monthly MetroCard (taken out of my paycheck automatically): $116.50 Union Dues per Month (taken out of my paycheck automatically): $72 Pension Contributions per Month (taken out of my paycheck automatically): $260 Amazon Prime (yearly): $26.67, I split this with my husband.
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:25 PM Author: swollen gold faggot firefighter property 8 p.m. — My husband orders delivery from a Vietnamese place and I have a summer roll, as my heavy lunch of grits and chili kept me full. Rather than taking turns paying for things, I keep track of charges on our credit cards on an Excel sheet and either attribute charges to him, myself, or as a split cost. We split costs on groceries, utilities, costs for our dog, rental insurance, and when we go out to eat and/or drink together. $3.27 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140470) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:26 PM Author: stimulating alcoholic heaven Summon: James Joyce Jr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140484) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 5:12 PM Author: dashing giraffe (Diana Ben Gurion) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140852) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:26 PM Author: swollen gold faggot firefighter property 9:55 p.m. — When I get off the subway back in Astoria I know I am not going to make it home to use the bathroom so I run into a frozen yogurt spot right off the train and use their bathroom in exchange for buying fro-yo. $4.50 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140491) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:28 PM Author: Chocolate Reading Party In exchange for or because of? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140504) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:29 PM Author: swollen gold faggot firefighter property I think in exchange for. Perhaps she wanted to tempt fate twice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140523) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:29 PM Author: obsidian glittery plaza scourge upon the earth thought this was flame. l m a o (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140522) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:24 PM Author: Wild twinkling senate circlehead 4 p.m. — Tacos and margaritas with my friend from out of town. Can’t beat a weekend happy hour. I rarely go out to eat this much, but since my friend is visiting, we’re hitting up some new spots. $16
you mean 1 taco and you shared a margarita? Or you only had to pay for the cab ride home after your friend from out of town fucked you in the restroom. |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:27 PM Author: Nofapping whorehouse immigrant Really? I refuse to click and read and no oen will copy and paste. She should be shot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140500) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:28 PM Author: obsidian glittery plaza scourge upon the earth i c+ped for you above (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140509) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:28 PM Author: Turquoise adventurous black woman fanboi Had the same or similar thoughts about virtually every entry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140512) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:27 PM Author: Turquoise adventurous black woman fanboi Lol My base salary is close to three times hers and yet my take home per month is barely double. Thanks, Barry O (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140499) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:29 PM Author: obsidian glittery plaza scourge upon the earth holy jeez, WOMEN DUNN HERE (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140524) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:30 PM Author: Diverse dark point skinny woman Why are women such pea brained idiots (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140528) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:31 PM Author: Turquoise adventurous black woman fanboi "Digital Media Professional" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140543) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:31 PM Author: Navy ladyboy Got paid $75 for a freelance assignment -- THAT TOOK YOU A WEEK TO WRITE AND BY THE WAY THANKS FOR DRAGGING DOWN THE FUCKING FREELANCING RATE FOR THOSE OF US MAKING A LIVING AT IT... DID YOU KNOW THAT IN 1979 YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID A DOLLAR A FUCKING WORD?????? IN 1990 IT WOULD HAVE BEEN $2??????? FUCK YOU FUCK YOU FUCK YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR DADDY AND INVESTMENT BANKER BOYFRIEND (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140547) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:39 PM Author: chestnut liquid oxygen Amen, fuck pea brained idiot women. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140611) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:50 PM Author: Navy ladyboy actually fuck me for trying to succeed in a house wife vanity profession (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140689) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 5:55 PM Author: Arousing buff space factory reset button i lol'd (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32141195) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:34 PM Author: obsidian glittery plaza scourge upon the earth 6 figure chinese banker STYLIN on acr
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:39 PM Author: Turquoise adventurous black woman fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140607) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:51 PM Author: Fishy nowag mediation 11:30 p.m. — I cab over to a guy’s apartment I have been occasionally hooking up with. He only lives a few blocks away but it’s late and cold so I hail a cab. $4.23
Daily Total: $53.89
Day Four 7:15 a.m. — My friend gets me an Uber home so I can change for work. It’s relatively far, and I would have had to transfer train lines, so I’m glad he offered to get it.
I think that's just straight up prostitution... |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:52 PM Author: Turquoise adventurous black woman fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140711) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:53 PM Author: Navy ladyboy and again: NO TIP (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140715) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:53 PM Author: Turquoise adventurous black woman fanboi You referencing low cab fare? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140722) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 5:00 PM Author: Navy ladyboy y, I mean maybe it was a $2.75 ride or something but still... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140769) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:55 PM Author: Fishy nowag mediation Chicago cab fare minimum is like $3.50. She's either lying about the cost, not including the tip or not tipping at all! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140731) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:53 PM Author: swollen gold faggot firefighter property There is another entry for a Cam Girl who talks about getting a Brazilian wax that she will claim as a deduction for taxes (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140725) |
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Date: December 14th, 2016 4:54 PM Author: Turquoise adventurous black woman fanboi (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459852&forum_id=2#32140726) |