Post Your Wins

[crazyliblady]

My wife got a check in the mail today for $243 from one of our local hospitals. Of course it gave no indication what it was for but she was able to log into the patient portal and eventually figure out that it was a refund of the copay we paid when she was admitted in December 2022. Totally unexpected money so that's a win for sure.

I love unexpected money! It's like an unexpected Christmas present.

[scfr]

An item DH recently purchased at Costco went on sale. He took in his receipt and got a $5 price adjustment (credit to our card).

[QuarterMillionMan]

[disneysteve]

I just redeemed $130 cash back from our Chase Visa.

[Fishindude77]

Nice. We're approaching that age where we get to start taking advantage of all sorts of senior discounts. There were a few here and there at 55, will be more at 62, and even more at 65 so we've still got a few years to go. I'll take whatever discounts and freebies places want to give us.

My buddy (a HS classmate) remarked ....... That's because they figure we don't have too many years of fishing left

[disneysteve]

Purchased my 2024 fishing license last week and discovered it will be the last one I have to purchase.
Once you hit 64 in this state, can buy a "forever license" for $23.

Nice. We're approaching that age where we get to start taking advantage of all sorts of senior discounts. There were a few here and there at 55, will be more at 62, and even more at 65 so we've still got a few years to go. I'll take whatever discounts and freebies places want to give us.

[Fishindude77]

Purchased my 2024 fishing license last week and discovered it will be the last one I have to purchase.
Once you hit 64 in this state, can buy a "forever license" for $23.

[james.hendrickson]

Picked up some uber cheap coffee at the discount rack at my local Kroger. I'll drink coffee for two weeks for the price of 1 cup at Starbucks.

[Fishindude77]

Had a couple big trees blow down across farm lanes recently. Went back this morning with the tractor and chainsaw, got it all up near the house in big logs, then sawed it to firewood lengths right in front of the wood shed. Will split it all tomorrow & toss in the shed.
Pretty easy pickings firewood and should be most of what we need next winter.

[disneysteve]

My wife got a check in the mail today for $243 from one of our local hospitals. Of course it gave no indication what it was for but she was able to log into the patient portal and eventually figure out that it was a refund of the copay we paid when she was admitted in December 2022. Totally unexpected money so that's a win for sure.

[disneysteve]

For a number of years we have not been eligible to contribute to our Roth IRAs due to our income being too high, which is just fine of course. For 2023 due to me only working per diem, we were under the limit again and could fully fund both of our accounts with $7,500 each.

The win is that all I'm doing to fund the $15,000 is moving 15K of cash from our TAXABLE brokerage account to our TAX FREE Roth accounts. Assuming a 5% return on that money, that means we'll have $750 of income this year that won't be taxed as it would have been otherwise. That will save us a couple hundred in taxes.

[bjl584]

I've been at my new job for about a month now.

A few financial wins as a result:

My commute is less than half as before, so using way less fuel.
My cell phone bill is now paid for.
I have a free corporate Sam's Club membership.
My gym membership is paid for.
I'm earning $20K more base salary than before.

[QuarterMillionMan]

Rec'd my new $500 ebike today. Still in a box but it should be 75% assembled and just need to put on the wheels, handle bar, peddles, seat, etc. With my casino win 2 days ago I will consider this ebike as free from that casino win 2 days ago.

[QuarterMillionMan]

10 yr old boy, 7 yr old girl, 23 yr female, 27 yr old has two kids about 3 yr old and 1 yr old.

[crazyliblady]

Profitable casino visit last night.
1) 4000 quarters
2) 13270 pennies
3) 1600 dimes

5 nieces & nephews will be surprised by USPS with $100 in each envelope. 7 staff at work will get lunch on Tuesday.

You are an awesome uncle and boss! How old are the kids?