Financial Outlook - Oct 08

The last time I posted an expenses pie-chart was May 08. Here are the updates:

- Paid off my Auto loan, hurray!!

- Rent has gone up, but luckily not as much as I was originally told. Picked a good landlord is important!

- Terminated my Roth IRA at TDAmeritrade and moved the money to Vanguard's Roth IRA (STAR fund). Perhaps I should have left the money at TDAmeritrade earning interest as the stock market has been going lower and lower, but oh well, I am happy with Vanguard and is keeping up with the automatic withdrawl every paycheck. It is difficult to see money keeps *disappearing* though.

- Luckily, even when gas is over $4/gallon this summer, I didn't have to adjust my % for gas. Thanks to occasional carpooling, combining more trips into one and my hybrid!

- I still haven't put yoga back in the budget. I've thinking about it a lot lately, and I don't have more traveling to do except the my trip in mid-November.