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Today: A marketing director who makes $100,000 per year.
Occupation: Marketing Director
Age: 42
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Salary: $100,000
Day 1
We’re starting with a new client this week, so it was a very busy Monday. We’ve been trying to get this luxury watch brand account for as long as I’ve been working at this company. I even use their products and have one of these watches. For the quality, it actually was a quite affordable price. We’re working on a campaign for the 10 best luxury watches under $5,000. We want to show everyone how the years of experience and high-quality materials from these watches are worth buying. I was meeting with clients all day about this campaign, so I grabbed a bite to eat on the way home and fell right asleep.
Total: $13
Day 2
After a hectic day yesterday, today was much calmer. My husband and I are currently working on some home repairs, so I got a little bit of a break this morning as I waited to let the contractors in. It’s nothing too serious, just a quick shower remodel to help improve the fixtures. The installers seem super professional and are doing a fantastic job so far. We’re just looking for the perfect solution and an amazing job to improve our bathroom in the best way. Glad I went with this great company for shower remodeling in Pittsburgh to be our bathroom remodeling experts. It’s been a great experience to create my dream bathroom. I paid the current installment for this project today.
Total: $150
Day 3
Wednesdays are fairly quiet at the office. I have my regular staff meeting to get the team together to see how everyone is doing. I thought I would be nice and get everyone some donuts this morning. Everything seems to be on track for the week. I got to come home and rest easy. Managing a group really can be a bit stressful sometimes.
Total: $22
Day 4
After work today, it was my job to pick up some groceries. We’re having another couple over for dinner this evening, and my husband is planning to cook something really nice. He just sent me the list because he works a bit later than me tonight. I didn’t mind at all. I also stopped by the drugstore to pick up my regular prescriptions.
Total: $73
Day 5
Tonight was our team outing to celebrate all of our success this quarter. I took everyone to a Penguins game. You know how much this city loves its hockey games. It was so fun to take everyone out using the company funds, and I also made sure we all got something to drink and whatever snacks we wanted. Everyone has been working so hard this quarter; it really did seem like the least I could do. My partner and I split it up, and everyone really seemed to enjoy themselves. We even went out for another round of drinks after!
Total: $157
Day 6
After the crazy week I’ve had and the excitement of yesterday, this Saturday was a great time to go ahead and sleep in. I had my daughter’s soccer game this afternoon and was in charge of snacks for after the game. After that, she had some of her teammates over for pizza and a movie night. Chill day for me, and she had a really good time as well.
Total: $67
Day 7
We went to church this morning and then came home for our other form of church: watching the Pittsburgh Steelers. We always swing by and grab some wings and beer to enjoy the game with real football food. Sadly, they lost, but other than that, it was a relaxing day getting ready for the week ahead.
Total: $43
Weekly total: $525
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