Archive for the ‘Budgeting’ Category

30 o, hai there. (a parentheses heavy post)

Hi friends and readers (who are friends I just haven’t met yet). How have you been? ::stares at computer screen like Dora, waiting for your answer:: Good! ¡Bueno! I’ve missed you! ¡Te extrañé! Hey, remember how we quit cold turkey from spending money on food from restaurants (or fast food joints (or coffee shops))? Yea, [...]

70 budget, meet september. september, meet budget.

True confessions time, shall we? We eat out a lot. I don’t mean like sit-down restaurants with huge portions, I just mean we seem to do it on-the-go or at coffee dates or lunch dates or sometimes it’s take-out or coffee drive-through or take’n’bake pizza or coffee from the cafe in Target or food courts [...]

21 a lot of ‘not’s, only some ‘me’s

Ok, ok I know that last time I did a Not Me! Monday post a few weeks ago it was about the ridiculous lump of cash we forked over for a new rug (Have you rug shopped lately?! I need to start making area rugs and get in on that racket!) but this time I’m [...]

33 DIY baby legs

It’s crawling boot camp around here. We haven’t quite figured out the forward motion thing, but boy are we trying hard. Watching my little one army crawl his way around our living room has made me want to keep those edible little knees protected but still dress him in less restrictive clothes. Baby leg warmers [...]