It’s Been A Good Saturday
One of my goals for 2013 was that I wanted to redesign my domain since I’m not happy with it. The only thing I’ve done so far is update my layout. I purchase it from Yellow & Savvy Design and it’s just what I want; for now. It’s simple and cute and didn’t cost me a whole lot, so I’m happy with it. I am on the hunt for something more specific, but I’m not entirely sure what I want so I need to figure that out.
Another goal I sort of accomplished this evening was to cook 1 new meal a month. While it wasn’t exactly a new meal; meaning one that I’ve never made before it was the first time I made this meal while on my own (with the help of my boyfriend; of course) What did we make? Well, We made tacos together. I know it’s not a hard meal to make, but considering I usually just make a sandwich or a salad or reheat something that I’ve taken from my parents or grandparents this was a big deal for me. I’m still planning on finding some recipes that look interesting and making those of course.
Tomorrow I’m planning on hitting the gym, which will be day 1 out of 3 for the week and I’ve already started to read 1 book, so hopefully I’m able to keep those goals up as well.
It looks like I’m starting the new year off right.
I’m going to go snuggle with my boyfriend before he leaves, since I don’t see him often.
March Budget Recap
Income:
Work = $2,689.16
Other = $219.62
Total = $2,908.78
Expenses:
Life:
April Rent = $50/$50
Medical = $0/$0
Cell Phone = $61.81/$60 (Over $1.81)
Personal = $88.48/$50 (Over $38.48)
Clothing = $0/$0
Gym = $45/$45
Transportation:
Car Maintenance = $130/$130
Car Insurance = $160/$160
Car Gas = $138.01/$120 (Over $18.01) Damn stupid gas prices going up.
Random:
Misc = $0/$0
Work = $0/$0
Eating Out = $24.11/$20 (Over $4.11)
Entertainment = $0/$20
Gifts = $0/$0
Allowance = $0/$0
Trip Fund = $1000/$1000
Saving/Debt:
TFSA = $0/$0
OSAP = $500/$500
Total Income = $2,908.78
Total Budgeted = $2,155
Total Spent = $2,197.41
Over By = $42.41
Just One Of Those Days
The day just started out sucking for me. I went to inquire about the photography classes that I was considering and have since decided against doing any of them.
Reason for this is because the first one was full, the second one is focused highly on studio lighting; think wal mart/sears portrait studio and well the third one is basically a mock wedding and I take photos of people then someone goes over pricing, packages, contracts, etc. It just didn’t sound right and I don’t want to drop money on something I’m not sure about.
This evening at dinner my sister started something and even thou I’ve heard my dad make comments in the past about how at the age of 30 he’s pretty much kicking us out or charging us like $500 in rent a month, I just couldn’t really stand to hear it again so in the middle of dinner; after eating only like 2 spoons of food I just got up and left the table and went to have a shower.
On top of how I already feel in regards to the whole kyle incident I just started to feel worse and the shower seemed like the best place to be at that moment. Too bad it was short lived. I can only hid in the shower for so long.
For now I’m trying to not really think about it, since there really isn’t anything I can do. I am working on some sort of plan to get my OSAP paid off sooner this way I can start dumping money into savings for my own place. Thankfully my europe trip is pretty much paid off. Once I transfer this months $1,000 I should be okay. I won’t have the $6,000 that I wanted but I have more then I need to pay for the trip itself and have a little bit of spending money.
Tomorrow’s another day. I have plans to hit the gym so that should be good.
Weekly Recap March 13th – 19th
Sunday 13th
No Spend Day
Monday 14th
No Spend Day
Tuesday 15th
No Spend Day
Wednesday 16th
No Spend Day
Thursday 17th
No Spend Day
Friday 18th
Gas = $36.51
Wal-Mart = $3.29
Saturday 19th
No Spend Day
life, or something like it
On Monday, I spent the evening with my mom enjoying A Chours Line .
Day 66 of 365
Tuesday evening, after work in order to work off the pancakes that I had for lunch I went to the gym. For those that are unaware yesteday was Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Tuesday, or Fat Tuesday as some like to call it and not that I ate all that much, but I figured If I want to look good this summer, while on my vacation in Europe, I need to start doing something about it now. Plus I just want to get into better shape. Today is Ash Wednesday. My class and I will not be participating in Ash Wednesday today due to a puppet show being scheduled directly after the mass. The poor kids would have to be sitting for almost 2 hrs straight and I would feel horrible subjecting them to that, so on Thursday we will get ash’ed.
Overall I had a pretty good workout. The only thing I don’t like is how packed the gym gets. Every machine was pretty much in use by the time I was leaving, which is fine since I was leaving but I hate the feeling of being watched or people waiting around for machines when I’m on them. It’s just a creepy feeling to catch someone watching you. Especially since I’m not there to be watched or picked up. That’s basically the main reason why I hate going and why I have to force myself to go.
Once I arrived home, I had a great dinner and talked with my parents. Then I had a shower and looked over my mail. The continue education magazine for the local college arrived in the mail and I’ve been toying with the idea of taking another photography class or doing American Sign Language. I figure, I could also take a business class in case one day I decide I want to try my hand at the various Marketing Jobs I always see advertised in the newspaper. It’s a tax write off for me anyways so I figure why not. The workshops I get to do through work are interested but are only a one day or a one evening type deal so I need something else to do to use up all my free time.
In other news, I have a second date tomorrow night with Kyle. Needless to say, I’m in a good mood now.
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