Can’t believe it’s almost the middle of November! This month is flying by. I had a good weekend, except for how I started to feel sick and I think I had the stomach flu. It seems like everyone I know has had it this past month so I wasn’t extremely surprised.
I have good news for you all! As an update to my blogging anonymously post, I thought that I would let you all know that I have finally told 2 friends about my blog. Yes, yes, I know this isn’t a huge step, but because of my job I will not just broadcast my blog out there for everyone to know. I don’t really care about broadcasting it to everyone, I just wanted to tell those who I am close to about it.
I told the first friend about it a couple of weeks ago, and I told the second friend on Saturday night. A couple of drinks in and of course I was blabbering about it like there was no tomorrow. But they were both very interested in it and we were talking about it for awhile. I won’t lie though, I didn’t tell them the name or give them the link, just because I’m not ready for anyone that I know to read all of my personal posts about my mom and dad.
I will of course one day share it with them. Just not yet! 🙂
The next month and a half will be good for me. Thanksgiving, a short vacation in December and having the days around Christmas and New Years off will be really nice!
My updates:
Spending: We did good with our spending this week. We both went out on Saturday and didn’t spend a lot of money, which is always great! I did go shopping as I said in my Weekly Roundup post, but I only bought one shirt and it was only $14.
We are really trying to limit any extra spending so that we can throw EVERYTHING at my student loans. We are really determined to get rid of these by April of 2013, which will take a little work since I do still have around $35,000 left. I will make a post on how we will make this possible very soon.
Extra Monthly Income (this is on top of my salary from my job): I made $1,360 from extra income last week. This includes staff writing, my blog and rent from my sister for the room she rents from us.
Food: We did very good with our food spending this past week. We ate out on Wednesday (I think, it might’ve bee Thursday) and Sunday. Our goal is to eat in 5 days this week again.
Being healthy: I actually did really good with this! I went running with my dog 3 times last week, and did a little bit of Insanity (I would’ve done more but I’m lazy). My goal is to go running with her everyday this week as long as the weather permits.
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Good job eating well and exercising! I don't blog anonymously and know that some people have googled me and found my blog, but I don't talk about it with everyone. I write for me and don't think about anyone when I do.
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My friends have tried googling me but can't find it thankfully 🙂
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As usual, I'm way jealous of your extra income. 😉 We're pretty pumped in our household though – My husband just got a new job, and straight off the bat his income is going up by about $12k/year, but after 3 months he gets a $3k/year pay bump, so as of mid-February we'll have an additional $15k/year (pre-tax, that is) coming in. That will definitely help with a new baby on the way and now two car payments (ick, although I can't complain about the awesome interest rates we got!), plus we'll still have extra money to throw toward prepayments on our student loans. So pumped for more income and less debt!
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Wow that's awesome about the income!
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hahah ai love that image. and super impressed you went out and didn't spend much – hard to do!
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Yes it is hard to do! Thankfully lots of random strangers kept buying rounds for all of us 🙂
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Love the picture… so true! I have been doing quite well on the extra income too – let's hope I can add an iPad mini prize to my good fortune 😉
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Haha I hope you can 🙂
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Thanks! And yes, I really don't want to have to worry about my mother finding my blog, so that is my main reason.
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Haha I know what you mean!
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Yikes lots of spending at your house!
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I would tell my family, but I have a lot of family drama that I air out on my blog. Certain people wouldn't be too happy!
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I know! I'm excited.
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Woo!! good job for telling some friends. I always feel like a tool when people ask me what I like to do for fun and I say, "I blog." Yeah… anyway, obviously your blog is a little different, but good for you. And holy moly. I'm struggling to pay off my student loans, so any tips you have for that are more than welcome!
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I am not really anonymous, but most people have no idea I have a blog and the ones I've told are really fascinated and surprised. Biggest comment is "How do you have so much to say". I've had tons to say for years with no one who wanted to listen. Maybe no one listens now, but at least I said my piece, LOL.
Unfortunately, the weather just got a lot colder here in the midwest!!.. Running is quite as fun when you are shivering the whole time..
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I definitely get why you wouldn't want to tell anyone. I don't keep my blog a secret but I don't talk about it as much with my colleagues or family. They know I blog and I might often say 'oh I was asked to do a post about this…' but I don't know if they read it 🙂
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Oooh I'm excited about your student debt knockout plans! I can relate to your misgivings about talking about your blog due to your profession as I have the same discomfort. Only my husband and best friend know about LDFR! and even the BFF doesn't know the web link.