- Hung my clothes to dry
- Clipped some coupons
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
So I am a notorious freebie signer upper. There was a point when I'd sign up for anything & everything. Now I try my best & only sign up for things I'd actually use. So what was in the mailbag yesterday?
A free Nylon magazine & a little booklet on A Woman's Guide to Optimum Health. I love Nylon magazine so can't wait to go through the mag. Already saw some outfits I want!
Also the booklet on woman's health seems pretty informative. It covers menopause, breast cancer, osteoporosis, weight management & so much more. You can sign up for yours free here. Truth be told I am mega afraid of going to the doctor. I follow the ignorance is bliss doctrine. I had my first check up last year after over 10 years maybe? Pretty bad huh.
A free Nylon magazine & a little booklet on A Woman's Guide to Optimum Health. I love Nylon magazine so can't wait to go through the mag. Already saw some outfits I want!
Also the booklet on woman's health seems pretty informative. It covers menopause, breast cancer, osteoporosis, weight management & so much more. You can sign up for yours free here. Truth be told I am mega afraid of going to the doctor. I follow the ignorance is bliss doctrine. I had my first check up last year after over 10 years maybe? Pretty bad huh.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
I am sure I am not the only one that is excited but the Lost season premiere is tonight!! 3 hours of Lost goodness!
A friend canceled on dinner tonight. Normally I'd be a little disappointed but it means I get to spend the night with my ass glued in front of the t.v. watching Lost. There is a 1 hour recap episode and then the 2 hour season premiere. I originally wanted to reschedule when I found out my dinner date was on the same day as the Lost premiere but felt a little silly canceling for t.v.
Also the other good news is that I am not out another $15-$20 by going out for dinner. huzzah.
A friend canceled on dinner tonight. Normally I'd be a little disappointed but it means I get to spend the night with my ass glued in front of the t.v. watching Lost. There is a 1 hour recap episode and then the 2 hour season premiere. I originally wanted to reschedule when I found out my dinner date was on the same day as the Lost premiere but felt a little silly canceling for t.v.
Also the other good news is that I am not out another $15-$20 by going out for dinner. huzzah.
Yesterday my company like many others played the inauguration live in the lunch room for anybody that was interested in watching it. I was amazed at the turn out. Almost half of the people in the office came to watch.
It's history in the making no doubt but I find it interesting that Canadians are this interested in what is going in the states. I mean people (myself included) knew that Beyonce would be singing the first song that Barack and Michelle Obama would dance to. These same people (myself included again) couldn't tell you what the latest is on the Canadian scene.
It's history in the making no doubt but I find it interesting that Canadians are this interested in what is going in the states. I mean people (myself included) knew that Beyonce would be singing the first song that Barack and Michelle Obama would dance to. These same people (myself included again) couldn't tell you what the latest is on the Canadian scene.
Monday, January 19, 2009
I was @ the mall & noticed that clothes for spring are already on the mannequins & racks! The Bay has a mannequin @ the front sporting a tank top! A nice fancy shmancy tank top but a tank top nevertheless! It's crazy to me with February still a good 2 weeks away.
The good news is that winter clothing will probably go on sale soon if not already. Maybe I can get those boots on sale after all ;) Just kidding. I decided to rough it out this winter unless I see a good deal on the boots.
The good news is that winter clothing will probably go on sale soon if not already. Maybe I can get those boots on sale after all ;) Just kidding. I decided to rough it out this winter unless I see a good deal on the boots.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Like most good people trying to take charge of their spending, I try my best to track expenses. I've tried various methods from tracking things in excel to writing everything down.
The thing with writing all my expenditures in excel was that the document was saved on my home computer. There I'd be at work with an expense & no way of tracking it besides sending myself an email saying hey when you get home, write this down in the tracking document. Well that wouldn't work because by the end of the day the email I had sent myself would be way down in the inbox & I'd forget.
I also tried writing everything down with in a physical notepad that I carried around. While this worked, I felt like a lunatic when I'd go back to the car after a shopping trip & take out my pen & pad & write things down. Sometimes I'd be out with friends & no opportunity to write it down. I felt a little silly doing it in front of them. I know I shouldn't care but I am a little self-conscious in that way.
So what I am trying now is to track my expenses in Google Docs. They have a spreadsheet program which has almost the same functionality as Excel and the best part is I can access it anywhere there is an internet connection. So I've set a little something up and we'll see how it goes. It's very minimalistic at the moment but if it works for me, I might try & spruce it up.
The thing with writing all my expenditures in excel was that the document was saved on my home computer. There I'd be at work with an expense & no way of tracking it besides sending myself an email saying hey when you get home, write this down in the tracking document. Well that wouldn't work because by the end of the day the email I had sent myself would be way down in the inbox & I'd forget.
I also tried writing everything down with in a physical notepad that I carried around. While this worked, I felt like a lunatic when I'd go back to the car after a shopping trip & take out my pen & pad & write things down. Sometimes I'd be out with friends & no opportunity to write it down. I felt a little silly doing it in front of them. I know I shouldn't care but I am a little self-conscious in that way.
So what I am trying now is to track my expenses in Google Docs. They have a spreadsheet program which has almost the same functionality as Excel and the best part is I can access it anywhere there is an internet connection. So I've set a little something up and we'll see how it goes. It's very minimalistic at the moment but if it works for me, I might try & spruce it up.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Reviewing the budget I had set for myself at the start of the year, I have spent about 60% of what I had budgeted for Jan'09 already. Let's see how I've done
- Clothes & beauty: Surpsingly on target with nothing too expensive I am lemming to buy!
- Eating out: Already @ 90% with 3 dinners scheduled for next week! So definitely going over. Think when I adjust the budget at the end of this month, this area will unfortunately have to be upped.
- Entertainment: I have not entertained myself this month! The biggest factor is that it's cold out there & I am a major homebody when it's cold. This is good because I can save this for when it gets warmer.
- Gas: On track.
- Groceries: I think I might be going over on this one as I am a little low on food at the moment.
- Misc: Gift purchase from end of December killed this one --> Reiterating that I need to add in a gift category next month.
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