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1. Wildkitten

   08/06/2014 at 1:20 pm

   Someone kept recommending an in-home security system you can install yourself – which one was it?

   • Cat

     08/06/2014 at 2:07 pm

     for some reason I remembered it was Blonde Lawyer who kept recommending it (thanks, brain space!) — so was able to retrieve from a s!te search. She said “I posted this yesterday but we use SimpliSafe. Install yourself (easy), not hard-wired (portable), no contract, and only $14.99/month. We love it.”

2. Reix

   08/06/2014 at 1:39 pm

   I am crying at my desk because a customer yelled at me on the phone. I managed not to cry during the call, but now I can’t seem to stop.

   • Wildkitten

     08/06/2014 at 1:43 pm

     Go to the bathroom and splash your face with cold water. You’ll be fine.

   • mascot

     08/06/2014 at 2:42 pm

     I got “yelled at” over email a few minutes ago. I’ve been angrily stomping around since. I’d really like to revive an office punching bag.

3. percentage of income

   08/06/2014 at 1:51 pm

   There has been a lot of discussion I’ve seen about how much folks spend on clothing. A dollar amount is pretty meaningless to me, as everyone has such varied salaries. Is anyone willing to divulge percent of take-home pay that they are spending in clothing/shoes/accessories and the like for yourself monthly?

   For me, it’s somewhere in the 2-7% range. I don’t make a lot, but I don’t buy a lot either.

   • Wildkitten

     08/06/2014 at 2:36 pm

     Mine is 2-7% of my total pay (not take home).

   • HSAL

     08/06/2014 at 2:41 pm

     I’ve tracked all my purchases this year, so this was some fun math. So far in 2014, I’ve spent 2.7% of my own income on clothing, and 1.8% of the household income (both net pay). If you take out the suit I had to purchase recently, you could nearly halve those percentages. I’ve set myself some shopping limits this year, so it’s much lower than normal.

   • Lyssa

     08/06/2014 at 2:49 pm

     We started an official budget this year, and have been putting a certain amount per month into a “fund” to be used on clothing, household stuff (non-necessities like decor), and a new laptop; this amount is about 4% of take-home, and it covers clothing for me, my husband, and our toddler. So, I’m thinking for my stuff, it’s around 1% of take-home, probably less.

     That said, we’re not spending much on clothes right now – I’ve got a decent wardrobe built now, and am hoping to get pg soon, so no sense in buying much. (Also, husband is a SAHD, so he doesn’t need much, and baby has two very generous grandmothers, so we almost never need to buy clothing for him.) I’m sure that we’ve spent more in the past.

   • where's ellen

     08/06/2014 at 2:53 pm

     I’d like to hear Ellen’s response, though I suppose her percentage is quite different if you separate out her own spending vs. the Manageing Partener’s spending.

   • KittyKat

     08/06/2014 at 3:00 pm

     About 10% of take home, which sounds like a lot but it works out to 100/month. I am building a wardrobe right now (almost done actually) so that number will go down to much much less. Plus intern slave labour, yay for being paid less than fast food workers!

   • Anonymous

     08/06/2014 at 3:25 pm

     For me, ytd, it’s about 1.5% of my total pay for ytd. I don’t have time to shop much, so periodically I will go on a huge shopping binge and that’s it for the year. My big shopping trip was this winter, when I decided to clean out my closet and realized I had nothing to wear, so I am probably done for the year. I got 2 blazers, 3 blouses, 2 skirts, a sheath dress, a pair of heels and a pair of jeans. For the full year, assuming no more shopping, it will be about 1% of my total pay.

   • Red Beagle

     08/06/2014 at 10:39 pm

     Good question! About 4-6 percent of take-home (salary only, not bennies).