Favorite Friday v.11

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Um, yes please.  As you may or may not know, I LOVE my Phillip Lim Pashli (see it here and here).  I've been carrying it for a solid six months now and I swear this bag and I are meant for each other.  I will eventually get another one, that in my opinion speaks volumes because let's be real, this is a pricy bag.  Owning one is one thing, but two, to spend that kind of money again it's got to really be worth it.  I've been loving the olive for some time now, it's such a great neutral color.  Anyways, for the longest time I've had my heart set on olive and then low and behold I saw this baby.  How fricken amazing is this bag?  It's perfect for Spring and Summer and the pop of green against the pale mint.  Dying over here.  Please let me win the lottery, lottery gods!  What do you guys think?  Do you love the color combo as much as I do?

Wishing you all a happy Friday and a wonderful weekend.  Until next time.  XO 

Oops, I Did It Again

It's confession time again.  Confession number one, I'm a liar!  I said I wouldn't make these posts a habit but here I am with another one just a week later.  What can I say, I'm hooked.  Reading them, writing them, whatever.  You guys seem to love them too so enough said.

My mind is all over the place this week.  Here are just a few of my more recent Google searches "Why the fuck won't my OB let me get my tubes tied?"  "Cat urns" and "Why do I keep having nightmares about a snake trying to get me?"

I think people who watch the Super Bowl for the commercials are lame.  People who talk about them the next day, even lamer.  That said, I saw the Budweiser Puppy Love commercial making the rounds a few days before the Superbowl and I have ti admit, I cried like a baby.  Now I'm here talking about it three days later.  Who's the lamest of them all.  Now watch the commercial and have a good cry, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQB7QRyF4p4

I ate an entire package of Double Stuff Oreos in less than 24 hours.  

I'm a total quiz junkie and have been since I got my grubby little paws on my first copy of Seventeen magazine.  Naturally I've been taking all the Facebook quizzes going around lately.  So far my Cinderella self should be living in NY and working as an Austronaut.

Unless the cart return is a spot or two away from my car, I don't return my cart at the store.  Yep, I'm that person.

Dear What?.  I confess that I'm an insensetive asshole and that all your comment managed to do is make me laugh, out loud.  Thank you.

   
Guys, seriously, these confession posts are a blast.  This is my first time joining in on Kathy at Vodka and Soda Humpday linkup, if you're at all inclined, you should too.  XO

A Girls Gotta Eat

Before I jump right into the results of my January Spending Freeze, I think it’s important to give you a glimpse into how D and I handle our affairs.  After climbing our way out from under an obscene amount of debt, we devised a plan to keep us on track and spending within our means.  The system is quite simple and it’s incredibly effective as long as we stick to it.  We have “house” money, the money we save and/or use to pay our bills with.  And then we have “allowance”.  We each get the same amount of allowance every pay period and we’re free to spend it at our discretion (shoes for me, video games for D, whatever). 

Simple enough right.  Well I think I clearly exhibited in How To Spend  A Month’s Allowance On Your Lunch Break that Idon’t always do a very good job towing the line.  I’ve gotten in the bad habit of borrowing money from the “house” and things have gotten a bit sketch since August.  Before I knew it I found myself owing $600, yikes!  It’s a slippery slope because I make good money and I work hard so at the end of a pay period, I want to reward myself with some pretty new thing.  When I owe the house money though, I’m paying that back, which leaves me with less money for me so I borrow more.  See why I need help? 

When I saw the January Spending Freeze I thought I’d give it a go, and well let’s just say I wasn’t successful in that I spent money.  I also didn’t save a dime.  I did however pay off my debt to the house, prove I can go an entire month without buying something shiny and new and gain a lot of perspective into my spending habits.  You may not, but I’m calling this a success. 

So my journey.  I started out strong and managed to make it a whole three days before I broke down and bought my first coffee, $1.75.  I felt guilty, really guilty actually, but that didn’t stop me from doing it again four days later, another $1.75.  I broke the freeze very early on but like anything in life, this freeze had its ups and downs.  Not perfect, but in the first two weeks I only spent $3.50.  I killed it by eating breakfast at home and by bringing my lunch to work every day.  This without a doubt is what allowed me to pay back the debt I owed.    

Happy, happy, joy, joy.  Life is good……WRONG.  Once my debt was down to zero, things went completely aery.  I stopped keeping track of my infractions and I spent my entire second allowance on takeout!  Such a waste of money, but I mean a girls got to eat right.  I’ve discovered that if I’m going to get serious about saving, I’m gonna need to do the work and get my butt to the grocery store every weekend.  No joke you guys there are times where I won’t go to the store for three weeks and even then the only reason I’ll go is because we’re out of cat food.  I’m going to need to prepare meals regularly, and I’ll need to wake up early so that I don’t leave the house without eating breakfast.  I definitely need your help here.  I’m so tired of making crummy recipes that take lots of time and turn out like crap.  What can I make in bulk that will keep and TASTE GOOD.  I know this may sound easy to some of you, but I swear it was an anomaly for me in the first two weeks which is why I am so fricken proud of myself.    

This was a great exercise and I will definitely give it a go again.  I’m thrilled and relieved to be out of debt.  I’m glad to know I can go a month without buying a shiny new object and I’ve pin pointed a huge part of the reason I spend so much money.  March, I’m coming for you.           

Want To Meet Poochie?

Poochie and Beeps made their debut on the blog a few weeks ago in this post.  Some of you asked to see more of them around these parts, so here goes.  Meet Poochie aka baby lamb.

Isn't she cute???  Poochie and I are the best of friends.  She's my sidekick, my snuggle buddy, my faithful companion.  For those of you who say cats don't have personality like dogs do, I invite you to come meet my little love.  Poochie had personality from the get go.  Look at these pictures of her as a kitten (8 years ago).

One day I came home from work to find 30 pairs of socks scattered across the living room floor.  For days we strategized about what in the hell had happened.  Anyways, about a week later we saw her in action.  She definitely keeps us on our toes.

Like her mama, this little lady is obsessed with food.  She eats so fast half the time it comes right back up.  She insists that she be allowed to drink from the bathroom faucet at all times   We've actually contemplated getting a sensor faucet so we don't have to constantly help her get the water on.

This can is tenacious and she loves nothing more than destroying our door jams.

I mean, who does that.  We use to replace them but have realized it's all in vein.  A few months later they'll just look like this again.  But man is she sweet and loving and with a face like hers we've learned to take the good with the bad.

I hope you're all lucky enough to experience the kind of pure joy that Poochie has shown us.  Have a great weekend.  Anyone watching the Superbowl?  I'm going to try my luck with this recipe today (if I can get myself out of my pajamas and to the store at some point).  Wish me luck!