What Financial Turmoil?
Posted on September 30, 2008 by Him and tagged budget, employment, finances, marriage
We're finally back from 2 weeks of a Mediterranean honeymoon, and apparently our country's, even the world's, financial foundation is in deep trouble. Admittedly, it was disconcerting to hear about the economic turmoil when we were abroad.
But here at home, things couldn't be better. We've received a generous gift of a student loan payment. We have received a boatload of cash gifts from the wedding. We're enjoying wines and other delicacies from our honeymoon.
When we returned, I looked at our account and noticed that my most recent salary deposit was higher than the previous ones. While we were gone I received my yearly salary adjustment - a nice increase of 9.5% For those of you who are counting, my salary has increased by 72.5% in just 4 years!
In the upcoming weeks we're going to work on a new budget and some new goals now that we're officially married. Exciting times are coming!
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PK | Sep 30, 2008
Wow way to go with the raise! I've also had an exceptional 4 years in the salary department. 4 years ago I was still in college making 25% of my current salary. Now that I'm married we've increased our income by 500%!
I agree, things haven't changed around here either, actually we're having a record year for our business and we're turning away clients.
That still hasn't stopped us from trying to firm up our financial foundation. We're hitting our mortgage hard trying to get it paid off in the next 2-3 years (which will be 8-9 year total for it). Once that happens combined with out 1 yr emergency fund we should be on solid ground.
Welcome back to reality. Hope your trip was relaxing, and now you can both look forward to your future as husband and wife. Congratulations agian, and bet wishes!
Hannah | Oct 2, 2008
Wow. A 9.5% automatic raise? Did you even have to ask for it? Or did you get it automatically?
And perhaps a more important question: is your employer hiring??!
Congratulations on your wedding!
Lacey | Oct 7, 2008
This was a great post! There is so much turbulence in the market today, and people need peace of mind more than ever. I wanted to offer your readers a link to another blogger who is doing great work. He writes about our 'childhood money messages' and how the best approach to stability in today's market is to resist letting these emotions control our buying/selling habits. It is really fascinating work, and something you should all check out. His name is Spencer Sherman, and you can view his blog a
My question too...where do you work? I work for the State. They gave us a raise this year but it was only 2%. It was my first raise in 5 years. I'd flip for a 70+ % raise over that time.
Ishtar | Nov 18, 2008
That salary increase of 72.5% is amazing. Oh, congratulations (a bit late) on getting married, too.
Laura | Sep 30, 2008
Congrats on your wedding and honeymoon!
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