Payday + transportation and allowance questions

New payday, new plan/budget, whatever you like to call it. And may I just say, darn the holidays! I keep looking at what looks like “surplus” money in my budget, money that could and should be rolled over to the credit cards, but there’s just a handful of people I really, really want to get [...]

Dreaming of a vacation to unwind

I’m a bit down in the dumps today.. a few personal things I’m grappling with. Wishing I could sail off into the sunset on a nice vacation.. except, I don’t sail. Well I could surely learn, right? To get my mind on brighter things, I started thinking about vacations I’d like to take next year. [...]

Relapse.

Ugh, went to the mall yesterday to purchase The Boy’s birthday present, which I’d already scoped out online. Went in, bought that, so far so good, right? Then my friend and I went to the mall next door (yes, there’s two malls nearly side by side) to drop off our boots to get resoled. I [...]

Quick Monday update

Getting my monthly progress report prepped, but will probably post it on Monday, which is “Bill Day” aka Black Monday, haha. A look at my upcoming/budget for this next pay period seems pretty good. I’ve actually got my pay periods spending plans mapped out through the end of the year; there seems to be a [...]

Post-Thanksgiving temptation

Mine was amazing, hope yours was great! I spent time with family, and saw tons of old friends I hadn’t seen in years. Didn’t go shopping on Black Friday, but that was more due to a certain little thing called a hangover than anything else, lol. But generally, I don’t like crowd shopping much. I [...]

Thanksgiving, Christmas Cards, and fun, oh my!

Working a half day, heading out in a bit to catch a flight back to my hometown and celebrate Thanksgiving, woot! Really excited to get home and spend some quality time with my family, especially since I won’t be seeing them for Christmas since I’ll be visiting with The Boy’s family. Speaking of Christmas, I [...]