Happy Monday everyone! Above are some pictures from my weekend. I’m really loving having an iPhone 5 because it makes everything much easier. Expect more pictures from me! Also, if you scroll through my Twitter, you will be able to find my Instagram (I posted it multiple times), so follow me! Yes, I will make it difficult and not post it directly on my blog. 🙂
Thanksgiving was really great for us! I love going to the Boy’s Grandma’s. So many family members go (well over 100 I’m guessing) and it’s a lot of fun. Just check out the dessert table that I posted on Saturday, so many awesome desserts! And I also got my ears pierced on Friday. Yes, I know, truly sad.
I also updated my blog a little bit, I think it looks better, what do you all think? I also added an Extra Income tab above so that I can keep everyone updated and my readers can quickly click on each update without searching too too hard.
I also wanted to thank everyone for your support for my aggressive $38,000 student loan payoff plan. I am excited to finally start putting more effort in this, and I can’t wait for it to be done.
My updates:
Spending:
We are still doing good with our spending. We have bought some Christmas presents for each other (the Boy is completely done), but I still need to tell him what I want! And then we still need to get presents for my sister and the Boy’s family. Still not sure what to get everyone.
I did go shopping over the weekend. Bought a dress, a shirt and a cardigan. Yes, I probably didn’t need these items, but I know that I’ll enjoy them! Did you do any Black Friday shopping? I wasn’t and never will be brave enough to shop with the crazy crowds.
Extra Income (this is on top of my salary from my job):
Yet another great week. I made around $1,175 from online income (staff writing, website, etc.) last week. This is before fees and everything else though. I am still in the middle of drafting my extra income explanation post, but if you have any questions, remember to ask.
Food:
We’ve been doing well with our food spending. We ate out a couple of times last week but it was all cheap food. This is something that we are of course still working on and we will be working on it forever most likely.
I’ve been thinking about this, do any of you do batch cooking? I tried it once and it didn’t go great for me, mainly because I have no patience to cook all day?
I forgot yet again to do a meal plan yesterday, so here it is below:
Being healthy:
I’ve been doing MUCH better with this, but mainly only with me eating better. I ran with my dog a couple of times, but it was so cold last week that each run was not for a very long time.
I did lose 3 pounds last week. I am very surprised how just eating better helped me lose so much weight. Here it goes to future weeks/months/years/decades of better eating!
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As you know from my constant commenting on the topic, I can't wait for your extra income post! My goal is to bring in $1k/month from Young Adult Money, but I may not be taking full advantage of other side incomes (spreadsheet stuff I do, freelance writing, etc.) so I will be interested to see what you do to bring in that cash.
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I can definitely see YAM bringing in at least $1K a month soon.
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Great week of extra income again! I am SO looking forward to that detailed post. I’ve never done batch cooking, but one thing I love is my crockpot! This time of year i love making soups & it usually makes enough to feed the bf & I for 2 nights. Oh, and try for working out girl!
I keep meaning to look at the site, will do it soon!
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Eating well is definitely something a lot of us find tough – but I just try to remind myself – junk in, junk out.
It is tough!
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The way we do batch cooking is to make double what we need anytime we make something and freeze half. So we'll do a 9×3 casserole in two smaller square pans and freeze one, or we'll freeze half of the stew etc.
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Great idea! Thanks 🙂
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It sounds like you had a great week-end and a healthy extra income week too! I too have been doing my best to eat clean but I don't really sweat it when I occasionally succumb to my sweet tooth.
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I have a bad sweet tooth. Right now I'm eating Reeses Pieces!
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Good job on your extra income and staying on track with your spending! I was afraid that I would fall off the healthy eating wagon over Thanksgiving…but I didn't. Whew.
Have a great week!
I was afraid that I would too, but thankfully I did not.
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You are such a tease.with your extra income post. I am sure it will be a smash hit.
Haha I know. I need to finish drafting it.
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Thanks girl!
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That's so awesome!!! Side income is so nice. I really need to make a plan for my blog, and figure out how I'm going to monetize it. I would love to make some side income. I am such a procrastinator though.
Spending has been meh. We just keep having things pop up. Plus, we are not controlling our spending on food as much as I would like. It's hard because we are young, and just want to enjoy ourselves.
I agree, side income is nice. And I know what you mean, we spend more than most as well.
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Haha hopefully it's inspirational! 🙂
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I want to do batch cooking too! But it seems a bit overwhelming..May be I'll have to start with one recipe and work my way up.
Can't wait for your post on the extra income. I am indeed curious 🙂
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It does seem overwhelming, and I'm always worried that we won't eat the things that I batch cook.
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I do the same as you and always start to get serious about my health / exercise right around the Holidays (when it will be the hardest!). Nice side income – that's all from one week ????
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Yup it's all from one week 🙂
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Nice work on your extra income. I look forward to reading your post about how you make this a reality, as I could use some extra income. 🙂
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Will be publishing hopefully this week or next! 🙂
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Also looking forward to your extra income post. You do so great in this area and everyone wants to know how!
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Thanks!
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I love following your progress especially the firing range 😉 My wife begged me for the iPhone 5 but we chose the 4S because it was a cheaper option at the time. We’ve tried batch cooking before but it didn’t go too well due to the fact we were staying at my parents while our home was being built. Now that we’re in our new home we plan on trying it out again next week!
The 4S was cheaper for me as well, but I decided to splurge. I really love it so far!
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