A year of snowflakes

I continued to keep track of my little snowflakes over the course of the year on the sidebar of my blog. Tucking away the little bits of money that come from unexpected sources is such a great reminder of how a little can grow into a lot. A lot of my snowflakes came from change, kept and rolled. Some of it came from recycling. Some of it came from money I did not use from my weekly jars that I repurposed elsewhere. (perhaps not the truest definition of snowflaking, but one I add in).  I added in the rolled change my mom gave to me to put towards some of the boys expenses for camping and  hockey. I honestly can't remember if I put in the income tax return this year. I hope I did.  While I kept track of amounts, I didn 't write down the details of where those amounts came from.  Bad jolie. To be fair, I found the paper where I started, but that petered out before the end of January.

I really hummed and hawed over adding in the money that came in from my job action pay and my backpay. The job action pay came on it's own and it was clear how much I 'netted' from those lost days. (Half of my days wages after deductions). The back pay was much more challenging. The school division lumped it onto my regular paycheck in November. While I could see the gross amount, I honestly had no clue what the net of it might be. If November was a normal cheque I could have figured it out, but with EI and CPP Maxed out and Federation dues coming off and the 2% raise newly added, I honestly had no clue. I had requested the informationn seperately but was denied. 

I didn't use my snowflakes as wisely as I have in the past. Incidental expenses seemed to be everywhere and my spending was far less controlled than usual. The snowflakes did not have as purposeful an impact as they could have.

In total, including the work $, my snowflakes are approximately $4350. No small chunk of change, to be sure.