Sunday Evening Post #26
|
Day |
Amount |
Place |
Category |
|
Monday |
$52.00 |
Pedicures |
Allowance |
|
$32.52 |
Lunch |
Allowance |
|
|
$118.95 |
Shoes |
Allowance |
|
|
Friday |
$151.71 |
CostCo |
House |
|
Saturday |
$27.02 |
Safeway |
Groceries |
|
$131.40 |
Shoes |
Allowance |
We only spent money three days this last week, and yet, we spent over $500. *sigh*
I knew Monday was going to be a spend day for me. Every MLK day, I take one of my oldest friends out for her birthday- pedicures and lunch is our tradition.
Back in December, as part of the Blog Swap: What brings you the most value, I wrote a post (for Newlyweds on a Budget) about the amount of money I spend on shoes and the practical as well as emotional reasons I do so. On Monday, I bought a new pair of shoes. And they were more expensive than it seems here, because I also used a $100 gift card. However, these shoes I should be able to wear both with skirts and slacks, do not result in foot pain, AND I think they make my feet look smaller.
Tuesday I went to work, but they were predicting a big storm. It came in Tuesday night and we were pretty much snowed in Wednesday and Thursday. Also on Thursday, around noon, we lost power. Luckily we have a fireplace.
We had a couple fire logs left, and we’d set aside some wood from when we pruned trees this summer. Also, the freezing rain on Thursday took down a couple trees in the neighborhood- a fire crew came out to cut them up and get them off the street. C and J went out and got some of that wood too.
On Friday, we were still without power, but the roads were better. I went to work for a few hours (and charged the cell phones). C went to CostCo and got a couple boxes of firelogs, and a few other items to help us stay warm (which is why that trip is classified as house, not groceries, though he did pick up a couple food items, too).
We used our propane deep fryer to make some chicken thighs and cornbread that night. At 10:30pm, just as we were heading to bed, the power came back on.
Saturday we hit the grocery store for a couple of items we still needed, nothing major.
And then, on Saturday night, C had me order him new shoes. He has funny shaped feet, so while shoe shopping isn’t as traumatic for him as it is me, when he finds a pair of shoes that are comfortable for him, he want multiple pairs. The last of his favorite shoes are wearing out, so we went online to order two more paid for him. (That’s right, overall we paid $80 less for his shoes and he got two pair to my one.)
Today, I haven’t felt very good and we’ve spent the day watching football.
I have six goals for 2012. As part of the Sunday evening posts, I am tracking those goals, kind of like I do for spending, in order to hold myself accountable.
1) Be paid for publishing one piece of fiction
Submissions so far: 2
Responses: expected by Feb 14
2) Make money publishing my next art/fiction book
I haven’t contacted the artist I plan to work with because of the weather. Nor have I started compiling the pet pictures I want for a book. Hopefully I’ll have time to work on it this week.
3) Attend FinCon12. Pay for the trip with money from allowance/side projects saved/earned BEFORE the conference starts. Goal: $600
Current Allowance balance: ($260.00)
Gift Cards: $15
Total: $(245)
I’m back sliding. I know. It should get better from here on out.
4) Become a member of Yakezie (6 month anniversary is Jan 21)
The application for Delta class is up. I looked over it and realized I needed 10 Challenger recommendations and 20 Member recommendations. By my count, I’ve established relationships with 16 members. 10 days is not enough time to establish relationships with 4 more bloggers, so I will wait until the next class.
Still, that will be in about 6 months or so, so it will still happen this year.
5) Make money from my blogs.
AdSense earnings: $18 (They won’t send me any money until I hit $100)
6) Be healthier
We had take out Chinese on Thursday (J has chains for his truck and was able to get out) and Qdoba on Friday. I snack less on days when I’m home, but honestly, who knows what my calorie intake for this week was. I didn’t eat terribly, but not super healthy, either.
We only walked one day this week (today) because of the weather.
I need to work on getting accepted as a member at Yakezie. I'll have to head over and read that post as well.
I actually read the post then clicked on the application to read through it and make sure I had all the info I needed. Up until I saw the application, I had it in my head that we needed 10 and 10, not 10 and 20.
And while I am a little disappointed I won't go Delta class, it's not like I'm going to be barred from Yakezie and the relationships I've already formed, so now I just need to make a few more quality relationships, and I'll enter with the next class.
I'm a Yakezie member, so I can be a sponsor if you want. (I'm not sure if you've already included me in your 10)..just let me know.
I love your first goal. I'd love to do something like that too but I'd need to buddy up with a good editor because I had exactly 0 English classes in college.
Sandy-
You weren't included in my first ten, but you were included when I was stretching to 16. But 16 is not 20. It really is not that big of a deal. I will still participate as a challenger and be involved in Yakezie. And in another 6 months when Sam (hopefully) lets in another class for full membership, I'll be part of that. I would rather have more quality relationships than I need than barely make the minimum wiht iffy references.
As for the writing, maybe I should start a side hustle as an editor… or maybe just a thread regarding forming a Yakezie critique/editing/accountablility group for those who are trying to write- fiction and non. There do seem to be a lot of us.
Great work on your goals. I'm also thinking of attending FinCon 2012… but think the cost might be a little prohibitive. Did you go last year?
Also, I had to laugh about the power outage… I hate that more than almost anything. It's amazing how reliant we become on power!
While I hated being cold, I have to admit that spending two evenings in front of the fireplace, just talking with and enjoying the company of my husband and one of our best friends wasn't all that bad. If I have to be stuck in the dark and cold, they are on the top of my list for good company.
I feel like that too erin – I have quite a few no spend days during the week, but for instance sunday was a spend day and I spent almost 110 (food and gas for the week). It does kind of sting a bit eh
Congrats on the further progress on your goals – lets hope you get some positive news from the publishers.
Also, I hope you used me as a yakezie reference, I believe I'd mentioned before I can vouch for you
Yes, you were either number 1 or number 2 on my list of members. And you'll remain there when, in another 7 months or so, Sam opens up the applications for the next membership class.
I'm hoping this week spending can go down a little bit. We may even return one box of firelogs to CostCo.
There's something really cool about using the fireplace and not having power (as much as it sucks in other ways…..). We've tried to use the fireplace twice in our new house, and both times my house has filled up with smoke. We had the chimney checked and everything is fine….I just can't get it to work right. My neighbor says that they have to burn theirs for about two days straight each year before their house stops filling up with smoke.
Although I COULD do that, I'd be divorced by then because my spouse HATES the smoky home….