me = careless

I lost my wallet once and the person who found it was nice enough to go through the trouble to call me & let me come to his house & pick it up.

Today I thought I lost my wallet again. Panic struck and I went back frustrated to my car and there it was. It fell out of my purse onto the passenger car seat. I am pretty bad at buttoning up my purse. It has a magnetic button that you can use to sorta/kinda close it. Well I almost never do it. I normally just throw it onto my shoulder and away I go, leaving myself an easy target for anybody looking to pickpocket me. I think I've learned my lesson. I mean what if it fell outside as I was walking outside or what if somebody was looking to break into cars and saw a wallet just sitting there in the passenger seat. It was just screaming, please break into me, you'll get this nice wallet with moneys inside it.

I knew it was going to happen

With the weather getting better, gas prices have gone up to over $1. This means I'll eventually have to up my budget to compensate.

Enjoy the great weather this Friday. I plan to.

MAC Friends & Family sale online from June 16th-18th

MAC Canada is having a friends and family sale online. I think the code is SUMO and you get 25% of all their products online. Shipping is free once you reach $60. On my to get one of these days list is their blacktrack fluidline but there is nothing else I am itching for so instead of getting it online and having to pay for shipping, I am holding off. I probably wouldn't save too much once shipping is factored in anyways.

Normally I'd get something >$60 just so I could get the free shipping, even more so because I missed out on the warehouse sale BUT, I am being a good girl and holding off for now.

Stupid Automatic Gratuity Charges!

The Sympatico/MSN home page has a link to an article titled 10 hidden costs that will cost you plenty and what is the first one I read? Automatic Gratuity Charges. It states that Most Canadian restaurants leave the tip up to you but some add 15 per cent to your bill automatically - particularly if you are with a large group. Check the restaurant’s policy before you order so that you don't double tip when the bill comes.

Well let me tell you a little story. A few weeks ago me & the bf went out for dinner at a local sushi place. The place didn't appear to be shady by any means. It actually looked a little more upscale than your average sushi place.

When I got my receipt, I automatically calculated the tip (15%) and started writing it down on the receipt. As I was writing it down, I noticed that a gratuity tip was already included in the bill unbeknown to me! The worst part was that the bill was only for the two of us, not a large party or anything! Ridiculous. Ever since, I've been paying more attention to my receipts but don't you hate feeling like you've been suckered? I am sure lots of people don't even pay attention and end up double tipping.

It really pissed me off & I am pretty sure I won't be going back there anytime soon. I mean the food was good but there's lots of sushi places in the area with good food that don't automatically put in a tip in the bill.

Misplaced cheque book :(

I probably use my cheque book a handful of times a year. And I go through the same routine every single time of searching and searching and searching some more because I always, always misplace it some where. Sure enough I've done it again & I've checked all the normal locations with no success.

The good thing is I almost never take my cheque book out of the house so I know it's somewhere around the house. The only thing is I have no idea where :(

Friday = MAC Warehouse sale fail

Through random events, I somehow ended up with an invitation to the MAC warehouse sale this past Friday! I so wanted to go without a care for my budget. Had I gone, I know I'd have easily bought $100+ in makeup.

However, Friday ended up being one of the most busiest days ever & as a result I didn't end up going :( I was a little upset as I've always wanted to go to one these sales & didn't because I didn't want to let people down that I had made plans with. I wanted to be selfish & just go...but at the end of the day, I couldn't let family down.

On the upside, my budget is on track. I should probably get around to updating those budget bars for the month.

Birthday Moneys

My birthday was last month and I came into some cash & gifts cards as a result. Awesomeness! Normally it'd all be spent by now but I am trying my best to be rational and spend it on things I need to spend on especially since I dont't really have anything I am really pining for right now. Does anybody still say pining any more?

Anyways, back on topic. Since I overspent in the eating out category last month, I am going to put $50 bday money towards it this month so I can sleep better at night. I am still going to track it as an expense though just so I can see how I do at the end of the month.