Monkeys, I'm spent. I don't know about you, but I've had a rough week. Allow me to vent and list.
- I've worked out every day this month, until last night. So 9 days in a row. That's not really a big deal, except that, coupled with work deadlines and everything else, it meant that I was actually dreading leaving the office last night - I didn't want to just bounce home, let the dogs out, and go to the gym. I did something radical instead: I stayed home. I picked up the book I requested at the library (please increase my frugal living Klout! ;-)) and I stayed home. It was just what the doctor ordered.
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- No spend November has been going OK. I buckled twice this week, and there isn't an excuse for it, but I"m way more aware of my spending in general than I was before. I've decided one lunch out a week for sanity's sake is OK. One dinner out a week is OK if there is cash left, but if there isn't cash left, it's obviously not happening. There is definitely room to improve here. Yesterday I grabbed a Bojangles Cajun Chicken Filet biscuit for lunch for myself - not part of my sanity lunch! Not on the No Spend November plan! But damn, those suckers are good.
- I'm down a pound. I'm drinking way more water than diet Coke these days, well, if you include tea I am, anyway, which brings me to my next point.
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My Precious!
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- I'm seriously considering giving up buying diet Coke altogether. I KNOW, it's blasphemy. But it's an insane chunk of my relatively small grocery budget - I'm spending $12 a week, easily, on my precious. I do not have $12 a week to spare. Seriously. I need to own up to the fact that I cannot afford my diet Coke addiction, and unless diet Coke comes a'knocking with a sponsorship, I'm going to have to give it up. Somehow, I don't think that me and my five devoted readers (love you guys!) will be garnering a lifetime's supply of my beautiful bubbly elixir any time soon. Brace yourselves, this isn't going to be pretty.
- I had my performance review at work. I've been there three years, or three years next month, and this is the first one I've had, so I can't describe it as an annual review. It went very well and I left feeling really warm and fuzzy. I'll be getting a bonus, which I was TOTALLY not expecting. I'd given up hope that we had any margin for bonuses, actually, so it is a really pleasant surprise. Plans for the bonus are to be determined, but they will definitely include (1) new tires for the car, (2) paying off my overdraft line of credit with my checking account, and (3) a haircut - I don't think I've had one in six months.
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- Speaking of work, I'm not there today. Our office is closed out of respect for Veteran's Day. I'm grateful that others have served this country so that my brother and I have not had to serve, and I'm grateful that other serve under presidents they agree with and presidents they disagree with, and I'm grateful that others serve so that we can continue to enjoy the democratic republic we live in.
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Congrats on the bonus. And for coming to terms with your addiction.
ReplyDeleteHappy 11/11/11!!!