I was hesitant to head to the polls today because of the long lines I have seen on the news. I wanted to make sure I voted NO on amendment 2, so I went to vote.
I was pleasantly surprised when I arrived at Precinct 41 at the Springhill Suites by Marriott in Seminole County, FL. There were hardly any cars in the parking lot. I walked in and the staff directed me to the correct places I needed to be.
There was no line, the staff was extremely friendly and I was in and out of there in about five minutes (I read the ballot last night online, which sped up the process), I was impressed. They handed me a card to write about my experience and mail in. I normally throw these away but I was so pleased by the experience I filled it out and dropped it off in the mail.
This is the first year as an adult that I dressed up and went to Halloween parties and clubs in a costume. I had a blast. Some of the costumes that I saw people had on spent a lot of time making them. We started off Halloween evening at a Halloween party at a friend of mines house. Then we tried to go to downtown Orlando but the line was so long we turned around because we would have waited an hour just to get in. So we headed off to a few clubs.
Saturday night November 1st a group of us drove to Tampa for a Halloween party. It was the largest house party I have ever been to. There were a few hundred people there. Here are some pictures from the weekend.
When I started this blog about a year and a half ago it was to document my efforts of getting out of debt. There was two car payments, about six credit cards, student loans and misc. other debt. I don’t have an exact figure but at one point before I started this blog it was over $50,000.
I am proud to say that I don’t owe anyone a single penny! My car is paid for, all of my credit cards have a zero balance and my student loans are paid for.
I have to give a lot of credit to listening to Dave Ramsey on the radio everyday. He is financial advisor that I really admire. He has written many books (I have read them all), has a radio show, television show on Fox, created Financial Peace University and tours around the United States educating people on how to get out of debt.
With the current market, there is no better time to be debt free. Having no debt gives me freedom to do what I want and travel where I want. I just have the usual bills of rent, power, cable, cellphone and car insurance. I no longer slave to Visa and Mastercard.
It is a terrible feeling when you get paid and all of the money that you worked for goes back out the door to things you already bought. Most of the time when you charge something on a credit card you don’t even remember what you bought when the bill comes in. Dunn and Bradstreet did a study and found that people that purchase items on their credit card spend between 12%-18% more. Spending cash hurts, swiping your credit card doesn’t hurt as much!
I would encourage everyone to pay off your debt. The peace that you will feel in your life is priceless.
A friend of mine that I lived down the road from and went to Deltona Middle School with was recently in a motorcycle accident. His wife is nine months pregnant and is expecting any day now. Sean will be unable to attend the birth of his baby because he is in one hospital and his wife is in another. My best friend and I are planning on going to see him in a few days. I will update his status once we see him.
There is a Charity Poker Run in his honor. Please donate for this wonderful cause.
We just booked a 10 day trip to Greece with a couple of my friends. We aren’t leaving until April but that gives me plenty of time to save for the trip and lose some weight. I don’t want any fat girl vacation photos.
That will be my first trip outside of the country other than the Caribbean or Canada. We got a steal for $1500.00. It includes hotel, breakfast, transfers between cities and a flight from New York. We just need to book our flight from Orlando to New York.
I need to start reading up on Greece and see where the hot spots are.
I was hesitant to head to the polls today because of the long lines I have seen on the news. I wanted to make sure I voted NO on amendment 2, so I went to vote.
A friend of mine that I lived down the road from and went to 
