msbelle, I am in the same debtor's boat with you and feeling dumb about it.
Wash: Were I unwed, I would take you in a manly fashion. Kaylee: 'Cause I'm pretty? Wash: 'Cause you're pretty.
'Heart Of Gold'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Zenkitty - May 27, 2015 12:05:54 pm PDT #27391 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Zenkitty - May 27, 2015 12:09:36 pm PDT #27392 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Cheerios: This exterminator is not filling me with confidence. He doesn't seem to know anything except what the company trained him to do. However, the birds seem to be gone, and he's sanitized the vent with something that smells like Vicks' VapoRub, so hopefully this chapter of Home Ownership: The Adventure Continues! will close with a happy protagonist.
You think Vick's VapoRub smells good, until your whole house smells like that.
Ginger - May 27, 2015 12:14:08 pm PDT #27393 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I got myself two scoops of caramel ice cream with toffee on the way home and just sent a snarky e-mail to the nurse practitioner. (It was actually, "salted" caramel ice cream. When will this salted craze go away? In something like this, it just means too much salt.)
I've been there, msbelle. I suspect many of us have. I think that depriving yourself of everything is more likely to lead to falling off the wagon.
Birds! Oh, no. They're lovely outside, but a pain in the house.
sj - May 27, 2015 12:17:36 pm PDT #27394 of 30000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I love salted caramel ice cream when it is done right, so I'm hoping the trend never goes away.
beth b - May 27, 2015 12:21:48 pm PDT #27395 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
Yay for Tim heading home.
and I think a better plan than no nothing is no more thna x amount spent on non-needed item.
msbelle - May 27, 2015 12:23:47 pm PDT #27396 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Zen, I am going to be working on an eat my way through my pantry adventure this summer. Goal, spend less on food, clear out stuff in pantry, cook more.
Also also, stopping with dying hair and spacing out the manicures more.
Zenkitty - May 27, 2015 12:24:03 pm PDT #27397 of 30000
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, I forgot to say: YAY TIM going home from hospital! Stay inflated, lung of Tim!
-t - May 27, 2015 12:25:43 pm PDT #27398 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I feel you, msbelle. I'm pretending that if I don't actually look at my financial situation it is okay by default but I know deep down that it is not.
I do not know how to psych myself into thinking about this damn presentation. It's not an intrinsically interesting topic and I'm not sure who the audience is supposed to be and I would so much rather take a nap.
SuziQ - May 27, 2015 12:26:36 pm PDT #27399 of 30000
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Add me to the salted carmel lovers.
Ginger - snark away. This is crazycakes.
Izzard was born in what is now Yemen, so no US citizenship at birth for him.
shrift - May 27, 2015 12:27:25 pm PDT #27400 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have no real useful budget advice (Suze Orman? Dave Ramsey?), but I agree that you probably should allow yourself a small fun budget so you can go to the movies or get BK once in a while. And if you declutter and make a few bucks while getting something out of the house, that could go into your fun budget.
I have been thinking about eating my way through my pantry in case I need to move. We could have pantry parties in Natter.