More work...

First thing in the morning, my boss ran over to my cube and told me she needed to talk to me right away. I was a little nervous because I had just hit SEND for a job posting I saw and I thought she was calling me in to talk about me sending my resume. YIKES.

Turns out, it is the yearly review and bonus time at UMG. I guess reviews go from October to September. It was news to me...and better yet I got a raise. The raise isn't as much as I am used to as I usually get anywhere between 10% and 20%. However, I didn't think I would get anything at UMG so to get a raise was a nice surprise. I got the full increase and then some for only 9 months of work.

Perfect segway into my penny pinching count. I have spent ZERO dollars in the past two weeks on non-essentials. I think I have only bought lunch (a few times) and gas. Ugh, I totally forgot. Stupid valet parkers jacked my change! Grrr. I was tempted to call the valet company to complain. I am 99.9% sure they took my change because the night before I was at El Pollo Loco and I needed some change to pay. The line was long and I happened to notice the change in the astray was full and I had lots of quarters. I was thinking I should empty that out and start over.

I valet parked my car at the mall when we went to Santa Anita and when I got back I checked my ashray and my change was only half full...I was missing all the quarters. Yes, I know...who valets at the mall, right? Aya's company gave us money to either use the valet or keep the money. Since we were late we just decided to valet. Grr. I should make Aya reimburse me since it was her company function. Good thing I got a raise or else I would be MINUS money this week.