$10.74 - Mailed sisters DVDs and CDs, which reduced clutter in my home. Not sure if this was a necessity as it could have waited till July except that my mom is going to indiana at the end of the month so I mailed her dvds to indiana so she can get them there and save me postage and packaging.
$50.45 On make up that is due for replacement and some more Tylenol
Reduced from fridge/pantry/freezer/closet
2 GF zucchini muffins with some strawberry jam
Opened a box of cheerios
Beets are gone
Ate a biscotti with my tea
Finished off the fresh apricots
2-3 oz steak from freezer
GF cinnamon roll from the freezer with extra cinnamon and sugar
I'm bummed Xanga will cease on July 15th. You can read about it here. They are going to a yearly paid membership and a new platform (if they can raise $60k). I am with the other folks who have been talking about moving to wordpress which is free. I better start working on my new site.
I'll miss xanga. Lots of features like daily emails and trackers.
Let me know what your new site's name is and I'll see how I can "subscribe" to it.
I have a gluten free wordpress blog but I won't be posting my randomness there. Maybe it's time I downloaded wordpress to my own hosted server and build out my web development portfolio.
I haven't been very good with my budget so far. Day two and blown quite a bit of it. I actually had about $135 cash on me, so I'm just going with the amount I have, instead of sticking to the $100.
Day 1 Free Thing I Did Today:
Listened to jazz outside at a free event
Went to the pool at Luv's complex
Item(s) I passed up buying:
A little, lightweight coin purse - basically exactly what I've been looking for for a few months now
Cash Spending
$27.88 Cash - bathing suit that was desperately needed and had been discussed many times as being needed for Luv's place... I guess I could have brought one of the two outfits I have at home for his place but oh well. And flip flops were 2 for $5 so I tacked that on to this as well.
Eating out with friends spending
~$15 checking account - eat out, fast food, with friends
Rent
Day 2 Free Things I Did/Acquired Today:
Motorcycle ride with friends
Changed the position of my motorcycle handlebars myself. This proceeded to break my speedometer and my bike's check engine light came on, so now I'm without a bike (it's at the shop).
I acquired a free trickle charger from Tom. My bike comes with a built in plug for one and he had the charger but no longer had the bike with the plug anymore - worked out perfectly!
Item(s) I passed up buying:
Clothes at Lucy were a temptation and I may go back in July;
Future purchase I committed to is a group on for a painting class with my friend. I don't know how to handle this one, do I buy it now and save money, ask her to buy it for me and I give her cash to save money, or I just wait till July and pay full price.
Cash Spending
$8 Cash - Kara's Cupcakes - overindulge, I only needed one of those 4 mini cupcakes. Felt quite guilty about this and this is why I say I've blown my cash budget.
$6 Cash - lunch with friends - bummed I had to use my cash on this one, but we split the check.
Left over cash after Day 2: $96.81.
New handlebar position After dropping my bike at the shop because the spedo stopped working and the engine light came on - I rode two up with Tom to the lunch destination and then he dropped me at home, sans bike.
