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Getting My Stuff Together
- Tuesday, January 15, 2008
So much has been happening. I am finally getting my stuff together on my website. Please check it out as my portfolios are all coming together (slowly).
My web design one is nearly up to date.
I've started the Recipes-Snacks & Recipes-Desserts. These are weight watchers specific so far & I anticipate that to continue. They have such great recipes - I will also provide links to buy the books/magazines if possible.
I'll be working on the flash one soon - they are all listed but I'll be adding photos & links.
Other than that little flurry of activity, I started my frugality new years new thing whatever.
I'm keeping track of my husband's & my expenditures on a calender (by hand!) :) to track spending & hopefully eliminate unnecessaries. However, this becomes challenging when we have new baby to greet or a friend's birthday or a dinner with friends. This is where a lot of my money goes. Then there's also unforseen necessaries, such as the battery charger we bought the first week of the year, then the new battery.
I also traded TJMaxx for Goodwill/thrift stores. Unfortunately, my first outing cost me as much as TJM usually does. Of course I got a lot more for my money & a lot of it can go straight to ebay, but I still feel bad. I'm determined to shop only once a month for fun.
I am looking forward to an outing I have planned with girlfriends soon. Kayaking! Yay! Healthy & pretty darn cheap. I'll bring my own lunch, etc... & rental on a dual kayak is only a little over $20 bucks, which I'll split with a friend. So that's pretty much a whole day of entertainment for less than $20 bucks - yay!
Well, I'll wrap it up. My lunch has gone long & that means less pay for me!
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Money Woes
- Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Well, it's that time of the year again. That time where we are all broke thanks to the holidays and we are coming up on tax time. I'm not sure if we will get anything back this time since my husband was working for cash which we will have to claim. I hope I'm wrong.
I suppose I should come up with a strict budget and stick to it. It's so hard though with almost all costs rising. As soon as you set a price of $100 for the weekly grocery budget, the true cost becomes $125 or $150. And as it is, my budget is pretty bare bones until you count my shopping and my husband's beer expenditures.
So, obviously that's what we need to cut out. I am planning to start taking bellydancing classes next Tuesday & that will have to be my fitness & entertainment budget for a while. The class is only one night a week but I plan to try to work out with videos at home a couple times a week as well to supplement. I guess that might be one of the cheaper hobbies I could have.
Well, I will work up a budget & see what we truly need to spend. I have to attempt to be even more frugal than I am. I guess I need to trade in TJMaxx for the Goodwill store. Sigh...
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