Last summer, I decided to start a floral business. One of my first jobs was working the the floral department at a local grocery store. I learned enough basics to do a variety of floral arrangements. Last year, friend got married and I put together her flowers for her. She said, "You could make money off of this, A" and I thought, hmmmm....I have my first wedding coming up on April 5th. This morning, I went to the floral wholesaler, which I visited last week, and they haven't processed my info, so I have NO account with them yet. I'm about ready to have a panic attack because hello! I need flowers in less than two weeks!
My fears were alleviated when I got home and saw that there are a variety of places online from where I can order flowers. They will not be as convenient, but in case this place messes everything up, at least I have a back-up plan. I thought I had an account as I signed up online MONTHS ago. Sigh. The best laid plans of mice and men.
As of April 11th, I should have our emergency fund completely funded to the $1000 mark. I was looking over our budget, and theoretically (because my husband has yet to receive a paycheck for his new duties), we actually will have over 2K to put towards debt every month! And that's if I budget each of us spending money per month, etc! I know that with the stimulus payment and my bonus in June, we'll get that credit/personal loan debt squared away and maybe have the car paid off BEFORE January! Woo hoo! I am super duper duper excited.
Keep your fingers crossed that all goes with with this wedding. I am really excited and axious about it all at the same time. Is this entry scatterbrained enough?
Anxiety
March 22nd, 2008 at 07:08 pm
March 22nd, 2008 at 09:17 pm 1206220670
It sounds like you have great plans for setting up your EF and paying off the debt. Hope everything works out and you can get it done ahead of schedule.
March 22nd, 2008 at 09:33 pm 1206221638
Good luck w/the wedding & debt payoff schedule!!
March 22nd, 2008 at 10:48 pm 1206226124
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:06 am 1206230816
March 23rd, 2008 at 12:40 am 1206232845
It was a little crazy but I love flowers and had taken a floral arrangement class in college as part of my degree, so it saved me a lot of money!
I hope you have fun with your latest project and make lots of cash.
March 23rd, 2008 at 06:45 am 1206254740
Anyways, good luck with the flowers coming in on time!
March 27th, 2008 at 12:40 pm 1206621615