Woo Jess and PMM!

And Tep and msbelle! Being responsible.

I really need to make an austerity budget for myself. I have been putting it off for so long. I have already decided February is the month I start Getting Shit Done, making a budget will have to be part of that. (Note, not sticking to the budget, that I'm not going to even try to do until after Iceland)

Go Jess!!!

I'm afraid to look at average spending numbers for "normal" people. I'm feeding 3 here, though they contribute here and there. But damn we spend a lot...we don't toss a lot of food, so it isn't getting wasted.

Cooking is odd in my house. I get home between 7-8 PM, throw something together, eat it. Housemate gets home 10:30-11:30, eats what's left. Sometimes there are leftovers. I generally eat breakfast at work, from meat and cheese and tortillas I ahve there, and I bring my lunch. Housemate eats his lunch from what he has at home, sometimes the leftovers. Not having Hubby at home spending the afternoon cooking has changed out dining for the less interesting but kind of cheaper.

Congrats to Jessica and Plei!

Food is definitely our biggest money waster -- we just eat out or get takeout much more often than is financially desirable. But to change that would essentially require that we spend all weekend cooking (since we rarely have time during the week), and I just don't see that happening.

I am loving this flurry of good employment news!

Yay for Ple and JessiMoon!!

Congrats PMM and Jess! New jobs hooray!

I am on a no new clothing for six months plan, due to my tendency to buy new dresses to cheer myself up. A) I have a lot of dresses. B) I need to pay down some debt.

But to change that would essentially require that we spend all weekend cooking (since we rarely have time during the week), and I just don't see that happening.

I know a lot of people are pretty good about making A Big Pot Of Sunday Something that you can eat for lunch during the week. Stew, Pot roast, ham, soup, lasagna, homemade bolognese sauce etc.

I know a lot of people are pretty good about making A Big Pot Of Sunday Something that you can eat for lunch during the week. Stew, Pot roast, ham, soup, lasagna, homemade bolognese sauce etc.

Lunches are not so much the issue, and already use up a good amount of our leftovers. We do usually cook with an eye towards eating whatever it is for the next few days. But I'm not really willing to eat one thing for lunch AND dinner for five days in a row.

My austerity budget is so I can take at least 4 trips this year. I've been looking at airfares, so that is prompting most of this. I could and probably should stop coloring my hair. I will not stop Netflix, TiVo, or home internet unless I lose my job. Those 3 total $75 a month which still cheaper than cable.

I am on a no new clothing for six months plan, due to my tendency to buy new dresses to cheer myself up.

I should do that, because let's face it, my wardrobe doesn't really need any additions, and saving up money for ECCC and Bats Day would be a good idea.

But I love window-shopping on eBay and Etsy. And thrift store trips! This is why I am not really an adult.