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Stood up by the potential roommate

June 5th, 2010 at 12:30 am

Well, the deal was that I was going email & confirm the time today. When I did, she responded that she was having car problems & would not be able to come. There was no offer to reschedule. I offered, but she said she'd be in touch. So, I'm leaning towards she's not interested.

So back to square one. I haven't gone into things here, but I've had some emergency spending and some stupidity spending. So money is really tight right now and I'm going to be 'paying' for it for a while Frown

4 days into the June Challange & great Customer Service from Purdue

June 4th, 2010 at 06:53 pm

Well, today is Day 4 in the lunch challanged. I packed breakfast, lunch, snacks & drinks for work Tuesday, Wednesday & Thurdsay. Today, I had an unexpected day off, but I've been eating at home, so I still complied with the challange Smile

Yesterday's spending:
$14.00 dinner date - paid for my half. Date was a dud Frown
$5.00 drinks with friends at my local bar. Good couple of hours, 2 drinks & only $5 spent. GREAT deal!

Today's spending:
$0.35 library fine
$19.06 Farmer's market

I got a big bag of baby spinach, 12 roma tomatoes, 8 large garden tomatoes (I love tomatoes & will be using some to make a chunky pasta sauce and homemade bruschetta), 3 cucumbers, celery, 3 green peppers, a quarter watermelon, pint strawberries and a quart of blueberries all for $19.06!

In other news, a little while back, I splurged & bought a pack of the perfectly portioned Purdue chicken breasts. They're prepacked into individual servings & perfect for a single person. But they're expensive, so I rarely buy them.

When I pulled 2 out the other day, once they thawed, I found that the packaging was broken and I found them to be unsafe to use. I emailed Purdue & explained the situation and I received an email back, they're sending me a $10.00 check. Nice!

In other news, the air is on... it was nearly 90 degrees out today & very humid. I hope we go back to some milder weather before we really enter summer.

I have someone coming to look at the spare room today. My sister sorta lit a fire under my butt when she suggested I rent out the spare room to her boyfriend. They are drama and I do NOT want to go there. So I answered an ad on Craigslist & put one up of my own. I will be meeting this girl this evening to see how it goes. Wish me luck!!

Day 2 of June Lunch Challange!!

June 2nd, 2010 at 02:53 pm

Yesterday, I packed breakfast, lunch, snacks & drinks 100% Today I did the same!

Today's menu:

Breakfast: Oatmeal; banana
Lunch: Big salad, popcorn
Snack: soup - if needed
Drinks- water, crystal light
Dinner: unknown - might go out or eat in

June Goals and Turned the Air On

June 1st, 2010 at 11:25 am

Well, my living room temp hit 89, so I gave in & turned the air on around 3pm. I set it to 80 and with the ceiling fans was very comfortable. Still, I was hoping to keep the air off another few weeks. Booo.

My June goals (Financial and otherwise) are:

1. Stick to budget 100%
2. Lower car insurance bill
3. Lower trash service bill
4. Entertain at home 2 times this month
5. Follow Weight Watchers 100%
6. Lunch Challange - pack 100% of lunches (with 1 day grace)
7. Limit soda intake
8. Look for new roommate


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