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Why Thank You!

Why Thank You!

*First off let me just say that work has been beyond crazy since before the New Year and when I get home the only thing I really want to do is absolutely nothing.  I know my blog has reflected the craziness with a whole lot of nothing.*

I’ve been a really bad person when it comes to my 401k.  My current job is the only job I’ve had that actually offered this but I didn’t really make enough to feel like I could contribute, even though my company will match up to 3 percent.  {And when I say I didn’t make enough I literally mean this, pay check to pay check is no fun.}

Now that Matt and I are married my financial situation is much better, mostly due to Matt’s income. 🙂  A few months ago there was a 401k meeting at work and I asked Matt if he wanted me to enroll, he said that was fine.  Well I never picked up the packet to sign up.  This week there was another meeting so I asked a co-worker to grab me a packet since he was going.  He did not but I ran in after the meeting to get one.  I then headed out to meet Matt for our Friday lunch.  When he pulled up I handed him the packet to look over later.  Anyway, when I got home yesterday he was like you got some interesting mail.  I looked on the counter, looked at him and then looked again and I’ll be damned if there wasn’t a letter from John Hancock saying deposits had been made to my account per my company.  What?!?!?

Apparently I was supposed to have been automatically enrolled back in 2008 but for some reason I was never enrolled.  Now my company is honoring the 3% they would have contributed had I been enrolled.  How crazy is this?  We got the letter in the mail today and Matt just checked my account.  I know have several thousand dollars in a 401k.  AWESOMENESS!

I honestly have no idea when, why or how I wasn’t signed up but whatever.  I guess I will actually start contributing to my 401k and add to the fund.  🙂

~k

Friday Tradition

Friday Tradition

When Matt and I first began dating, we worked pretty close to each other.  Just a few miles apart really.  At some point we began to have Friday lunches together.  It was fun to look forward to Friday amd our standing lunch date.  Of course there have been Friday’s that we weren’t able to meet for one reason or another but it hasn’t been too often.

I was worried when Matt started looking for a new job that he would end up someplace too far for our weekly dates.  But as luck would have it we are still close enough to meet for lunch.  And we normally go to the same spot we have been for almost 3 years.  Crazy huh?  I love our little tradition.

Happy Friday!

~k