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!
Back status: still in pain, but will go to the gym to stretch it out some. I always have to mail a package today.
I was starving when I got to the going away party at my former place of work. I knew that we would have a ton of good food (with 12 people working there, and them all bringing something), but I was not prepared to the quality of food! We had taco dip, chicken and orzo, quiche, oh my, my mouth is watering just thinking about it! I decided to put a slide show of my pictures instead of posting each one separately, to save space. Of course, it starts out with a picture of my adorably devil-cat Ziggy. If you have any questions about what any of the foods are, leave a comment. I got a lovely clover plant, balloons, and everyone signed a card which almost brought tears to my eyes. I really am going to miss the people there!
I came home and crashed. Got up this morning, worked on this post, uploaded some photos to Facebook, now I’m going to go ahead and head off to do my errands! No breakfast yet.
Have you heard about the Outside the Box Challenge yet? No? Check it out! I think I’m going to attempt it.
When I first got Ziggy, I knew without a doubt that I was going to have him neutered. I`m a big advocate of that. I think it’s a shame that so many wonderful cats, dogs, and other animals have to sit in shelters, sad and alone, because of overpopulation. If I could, I would adopt them all (I have all intentions to becoming a crazy cat lady one day… except I`ll live in a mansion and have billions of dollars).
I never thought that October 29th would come when I scheduled the appointment 3 weeks ago. As I woke up that morning, Ziggy was so nice, so friendly, that I almost didn’t want to ruin his day. But I sucked it up, knowing it was for the better, and carried him to the Safe Haven for Cats Spay/Neuter Clinic. There was only one other person dropping off his cat when I was, out of about 6 on the list of appointments for the day. He has a cute cat that he named Fifi. The lady there was so nice, I`m pretty sure she knew I was incredibly nervous. She even commented on how big Ziggy was for his age (no one can believe he’s not even 7 months). I actually didn’t want to leave Ziggy.
When I got in my car, I could feel the tears pricking my eyelids. I made it maybe 5 minutes down the road before silent tears trickled down my cheeks. I`m not sure why I cried, I just knew that I was so worried about my baby. Then I realized that this is how my mom must have felt all those years she watched me grow up. She cried on my first day of school and my last day. From kindergarten graduation to college graduation.
Even though my baby will no longer be a baby after that, he will always be my baby. And I couldn’t wait to pick him up.
Edit: When I picked Ziggy up, he was so anxious to get out of his cage. When we were home, the first thing he did was eat, use the litter box, then play with his new toy for about 45 minutes (I felt I needed to get him a surprise). He’s a little more cuddly, but still the crazy cat that I love.
