Yesterday was my one year review and my boss gave me a 7% raise!!  I'll be getting about an extra $140 per month after taxes.  This is great cause my roommate moved out on August and money has been a little tight lately.  With this raise it's almost as if he never left.  He was paying me $200 a month for rent and then a third of the electric, cable, and internet bill.  Since he left the electric bill has lowered significantly, since there isn't an extra person in my apartment.  And I cancelled the Directv service he had on the tv in his room so that saved me a bit of money there.  Maybe I should start saving up some money for a 360 lol