The weekend went by too fast! I hope everyone made it a great one. I didn’t do too much, I was feeling super lazy. The time change definitely felt horrible and yes I realize that it’s only 1 hour but it’s one hour closer to work and classes.
Our vacation is less than 2 weeks away! So exciting. I’m so glad I used a vacation week at work so that it would coincide with my spring break from classes. We’re still trying to decide on where we want to go. Yes I realize that it is very soon. However, we of course fly standby so that we can get first class free (nearly) tickets (through my dad’s retirement benefits), so we usually have to plan at the last second. But that never bothers me because then I can check the weather relatively soon to the day that we leave.
Also, would anyone want to guest post for me while I’m gone? I’ll be gone from the 24th until the 30th most likely, and I would like to have a couple of posts scheduled. Let me know!
Here are my updates:
Getting rid of my work outfit laziness: No pictures still! I would just take this off my updates but I feel like with my horrible memory, then I would just forget about it completely.
School: Only 8 more weeks until the semester is over. I have a midterm today and another mid-term next week and then I should be good for around a month! This semester has surprisingly gone by super fast. Summer registration starts soon so my adviser will be signing me up for my last 2 classes. I already got the OK that they were good to complete my MBA, so I’m happy.
Extra Monthly Income: Ugh horrible in this section. I’ve had some sponsor posts, but I keep forgetting about them. I need to do better with this and put it in my phone so that I can remember. I also had some other blog income which totaled around $200 this week, so not bad at all! I’ve done a couple of phone call secret shops as well and made around $25 this past week form them. I haven’t had time for any surveys though.
Budget Cutting: We didn’t cut anything out, but we definitely added stuff. The BF got an iPhone last week and that added another $30 to our cell phone bill, so now it will be around $130 a month for our phones. AH so high! I do want to see if maybe we can negotiate with AT&T to get our bill any lower. We are on the lowest package though and have a ton of rollover minutes because we usually don’t have time to make phone calls until night time (and by then they are unlimited and free).
Oh yeah, I did talk to the BF about his crazy eating out before work everyday and buying alcohol everyday after work. He has been spending around $20 a day on this, and he didn’t realize how quickly it was adding up, so I made sure to point it out to him the other day and now he understands. I don’t know why he started doing this again this week to begin with! Ha oh well, it is fixed now.
Spending: I still need to finish going through my closet. Whenever I try to find something to wear, I end up hating it all, so I don’t know why I have such a hard time getting rid of it. I always tell myself “I might like it for the summer!” False, that has yet to happen any year in my life.
I did go to Forever 21 on Saturday, which is always a disaster. They had really cute spring clothes so I bought a lace skirt (which I’ve been eying like crazy on Pinterest) and 2 dresses. Now do I need 2 more dresses to add to my 57+ dresses that I already have? Probably not, so I’m going to return one. F21 doesn’t let you exchange for cash back, so I’m going to get a shirt instead. Yes still the same amount of clothes but I could use shirts more than dresses.
Food: I’ve really been making good use out of the crock pot! Loving it. I love being able to just dump everything in and then it comes out perfect hours later. I also went grocery shopping on Friday after work. Spent $70 but we should be good for the next week. We also hardly ate out for the past week, we’ve been doing really good.
How’s your spending and food buying been?
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Hi Michelle!I am curious–what does 'flying standby' mean?
We sign up for flights through an employee/retirement system through the company and fly standby on flights. It's really not that bad because we can get an up to the second flight listing of available seats and it tells you whether or not they think you'll be able to make it.
I should also say that this is not open to everyone, just employees, those retired and those who are "survivors." My dad passed away so his benefits went to me.We can fly anywhere in the world, so it's nice.
So jealous! I've never been out of school that early, it always ends in May for me.
I need to get on the crock pot cooking. It's such a huge help to have dinner ready when you get home from work!
I would love to guest post!
I am on a spending freeze for this week! ha-ha! Not a very long one, right? Gotta save for my trip at the end of the week! I am a F21 sucker too…I can't ever seem to wlak out of there empty handed!
The dishes of food I see at the top of the post look delicious. Anyway, I know first hand on how hard it can be to get your significant other on the same page with the budget. My spouse really tries, but I still have to remind him of some stuff from time to time.
Woohoo, keep up the great work!Smart move with the F21 dresses!
I'd be willing to guest post for you! =) E-mail me back if you'd like to talk about it. All of those meals look YUMMY! =)
Your pics of your meals look delicious! I love cooking with a slow cooker. Cuts down on costs and always creates yummy leftovers.
Yummy meals! Can't wait to find out where you get to go.I will do a guest post, email me simplegal19@gmail.com and we can bounce around ideas.
We were at a mall the other night and a new Forever 21 store opened, i'd never heard of it so we stepped in, looked around at the masses of teenagers and turned right back around. lol! Madness!! 😉
Haha they have cute stuff!
Oh my! $200 from blogging is definitely winning to me 😉 Proud of you!I would love to guest post for you while you're vacaying it up! Let me know if you're interested girlie 😉
You wouldn't believe that I've had my crock pot now for four years, and have yet to even take it out of the box. I also say that I'm going to start using it, but I always end up putting it off. However, I still keep a manageable food budget each month. Have a great time on your upcoming vacation.
Have you tried budgeting all your expenses? My husband and I do and we find it keeps our spending low. You should do a blog post on how you make money off your blog! So cool!
I probably don't spend $20 on eating out in a month! Hubby and I do eat out, but he pays the bill. :)If visiting Forever 21 is always a disaster, well, um…. dare I say don't go? If it's in the budget, I guess it's not a big deal, but if it's not budgeted for, then you should try to stay away.