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I am thirty two years old and I am the Production Stage Manager for the national tour of FAME. I make $700 per week and a $300 weekly stipend.
Saving & Spending
September might be trying to kill me. Or this tour is – as I type this going into day 7 of 16-20 hour days while trying to adapt to living on a tour bus. I definitely thought the tour bus thing would be a breeze after trains and ships, but it turns out I was wrong. I haven’t really adapted yet.
On the plus side, we work so much that I don’t spend a lot. I usually average about $10-20 a day on food and that’s been about it for the second half of the month.
The first half of the month, which now seems like a lifetime ago, I attended my best friend’s wedding (and nailed my budgeting system for being a bridesmaid in it) and commuted into NYC for rehearsal for 2 weeks, which is never cheap.
Our tech week of FAME was actually the calmest of the entire tour. Our commute was a 10 minute walk from the hotel and 10 out of 12s are actually easier to tolerate than the commute from NJ to NYC, rehearsal and then back home again.
Living forever this fall and winter.
I also ciprobuyonline.org booked an alternative flight home for a work layoff in November, which cost about $129, but I’ll be reimbursed $119 after the flight. I also booked a hotel in Oregon to go check out a college there during my October layoff.
My spending breakdown this month:
- Gym – $10.70
- Food – $431.56
- Stage Management Expenses – $403.60 (about $300 of that was refunded to me by the company I’m working for)
- Healthcare – $210.82
- LUSH – $33.53
- Car – $96.50
- Travel – $255.86
- Gifts – $408.88 (including the last $320.71 of my best friend’s wedding budget)
- Commuting – $46.25
- Clothes – $98.24
- Blog – $2.99
- Miscellaneous – $18.84
Total Spending in July – $2,017.77
Hustling
My income this month was made up of FAME paychecks and brokeGIRLrich.
- Stage Managing – $5,411.81
- brokeGIRrich – $736.66
Income This Month: $6,148.47
Net Worth: September 2016
Most Popular Post of the Month: 114 Side Hustles: Ways to Make More Money
My Favorite Post to Write This Month: How to Set a Bridesmaid Budget
Goals
- Contribute $1,000 to my Emergency Savings Account– Done.
- Max out my Roth IRA–
- Contribute $3,000 to my Down Payment Fund– Done
- Contribute $2,000 to my New Car Fund– Yeahhhh done and done.
- Have a $1,000 Best Friend’s Wedding Fund– Done. Actually, it’s almost entire spent.
- Buy $1,000 of stock– Done.
- Develop 2 new resume skills– I will get this done. I will. At least half done.
- Track all the time I spent on my computer outside of work for 1 week and then go without a computer for a week and see how I use that time– yup. That’s still a goal…
- Go on a vacation with a friend
- Look for a big show to stage manage– Done.
- Run a 5k– This will pretty much take a miracle.
That $46.89 liabilities number is way cool. Just sayin’.
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I sure don’t hate it.
That $10 gym membership is awesome. The best we can do here is $30. At least Mr. Mt takes full advantage, going 5 days a week and drinking his coffee there. =) The coffee alone helps bring the cost down!
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It’s a Planet Fitness, so it’s not the greatest, but it works for how often I can get there and my budget.
Using planned layoff time to travel and research for schooling is pretty brilliant.
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Wow, you’ve had an incredibly busy month! It’s impressive how you’ve managed your budget while balancing the demands of your tour. Congrats on hitting so many of your goals, especially with such a hectic schedule!