My March Update

Sorry for the lite posting this week folks, life has been a bit busy and I need to get back in organization mode.

In other news it is my favorite time of the month again! That's right, it's updating time:

• My net worth increased 10% this month! This is a great feeling after so many months of decreasing. Most of this is due to my tax return and the fact the markets are slowly starting to inch back up. Could we be moving out of this recession? It's probably to early to know.
• My emergency fun is now at $8,833! This is up from $5,636 and has everything to do with my tax return. I'm excited to be so close to $10,000, but a little bit depressed to be so far from $16,000 (which would be 6 months of living expenses).
• The slush fund went from $17 to $683, thanks again to my tax return. Boy do I love this time of year!
• The travel fund is slowly moving up and is now at $358. Small I know, but after last summer I won't be traveling anywhere this year so I have time to build this back up.
• My BT fund is also slowly increasing and is now at $240, I won't need this money for a few years so I'm not rushing to fund this.
• I also started a new sidebar called School Fees. This is to pay for the student and technology fees that my place of work won't cover and for books.
  

Overall I've had a very good month. When it comes to my debt I'm slowly hacking away. I'm still paying more interest then principal on my mortgage, but at least I got back a nice and fat tax return because of it. And, while I would like to have my student loans paid off my emergency fund is my priority right now.

In yet other news this week I participated in the Carnival of Personal Finance at Wide Open Wallet and the Money Hacks Carnival at Ask Mr. Credit Card.