Okay, this weekend I didn’t do so well, budget wise. But I’ll get to that in a second.
I went to Harris Teeter again Friday night. I know that I would get a better deal at Food Lion, but HT is right on my way home, so it’s more convienent for Friday night shopping. The boy was with me this Friday, so not only was I having to mentally calculate my total in my head, I had to also have a conversation and figure out supper!
My total? $16.98. So I now have $3.02 left over, which I will probably use later this week to pick up another half-gallon of milk (I don’t know why I’ve blown through milk this week, it’s almost gone!). Savings: $4.71. That was just shopping sales, again, no coupons this week. I bought Apple Jacks this week because they were on sale (instead of cheerios), and store brand meat, milk and pasta sauce because it was cheaper. I could have found cheaper bread, but I felt a little rushed (I was also hungry, which you should never go into a grocery store while hungry).
This is what the boy cooked. Steak (with a delicious Montreal Steak Seasoning and Red Wine), corn on the cob (actually, I cooked/bought that), and salad (I’m the only one who ate the salad). He spent $23 on a 6-pack of beer, bottle of red wine, steak and seasoning! I felt kind of bad letting him spend that money, but I only had a steak.
So back to my budget blunder. I took $60 out on Friday, like usual, then went to Barnes & Noble. Without even thinking about it, when I purchased my GRE flash cards ($20.13), I swiped my card! #Fail. This weekend was also the Southern Women’s Show, so I worked Friday/Saturday at it. Friday, I ended up buying a harness for my cat, so that I can start taking him outside. That was $13, which I put on my credit card (ugh). I bought $17 worth of stuff from my own booth (cute earrings, headband and tie-dye tunic), but that I paid in cash. But I did also buy a drink, slice of coconut pie, and pork sandwich while I was there ($10). So this weekend, I was bad. I wanted to go back today, but I’m just going to sit here and not waste the gas/spend money. I still have my $20 in gas money left, so I must have spent the $5 I had leftover from last week, my real entertainment budget (which should have went to GRE flash cards), and my leftover grocery money.
I’m so done spending for the week, I swear!
I just discovered that the degree I am absolutely applying for (liberal studies), does not require taking the GRE.
The school just paid me $1088 in the leftover financial aid money, which I will use to take my boyfriend to the 42nd Street Oyster Bar tomorrow for his birthday (we will finally be the same age, if only for 1 month and 2 days).
I got paid on Friday from work $164.14.
It’s been a good day.
… to start my final year of college. I helped the boyfriend put stuff away in his apartment, then the weekend was filled with beer pong and dark nights (they finally got electricity today). Sunday was our 3 month anniversary, which we celebrated by eating breakfast at IHOP, eating supper at K&W Cafeteria + Baskin Robbins, taking a stroll around the neighborhood, and beer pong.
The boyfriend started his classes today (he transferred to a community college nearby). I took him to his bus stop to be nice and it was weird, I felt like a mom sending her kid off to their first day of school. I`m going job hunting in a little bit. Then I`ll head over to his place, start on some pre-class homework and then watch tv!
EDIT: I did go job hunting today. Filled out one application and get to go back tomorrow for an interview. Cross your fingers, I really like this place – a stationery shop!
