I don't like going to bed while David is still out slaving away on homework. I'm too tired to be very productive myself, so why not write here? Not too much has changed since the last post. It's now 3 weeks of being married. Everything is put away! YAY! oh and I bought us some nice silverware at Ross. 20 piece set, $10.
Well Dave was ready for bed so I stopped mid thought and I'm picking up where I left off last time. It's noon on a Saturday and what is my dear David doing? Homework. Poor guy!
Anyway, I've found that I'm a pretty good shopper. And I mean clothes shopping. I find the best deals on stuff. On our honeymoon I bought a pair of jeans for $6 that were originally $100. I'm pretty good at stopping myself from buying clothes when I know I don't need it.
HoweverI struggle with grocery shopping. Oh, I find good deals, LOTS of good deals. For example, I came home one day announced to David that I had saved $85 on groceries! I figure out that I saved 40% on my groceries that day. I'll let you figure out how much I spent. In my defense, it was a case lot sale and we definitely have a 3 month food supply!
We have a fish. His name is Jonah. Guess who named him. Dave. Every name I suggest for a dog he says, "we can name a fish that." Then we get a fish and none of those names were considered! I'm not complaining, I just think it's funny. We had a lesson on Jonah and that's when we decided what we would name a fish when we got him. We got the fish because we had the name. That's what I get for marrying a pre-vet!
I was going to make cucumber bread but I have been coughing, no hacking, for the past 45 minutes. Dave challenged me to a race from the TSC to our apartment. It's probably about a mile. I have never coughed so bad in my life. I have barely taken a breath since I started running. Every time I take a deep breath I start coughing. Poor Dave keeps poking his head around the corner to make sure I'm not actually dying. Maybe I have asthma. My siblings had exercise induced asthma. I was never tested but after not breathing for this long maybe I will....
Hmm what else to say. I finally paid my photographer so hopefully I will be getting my wedding photos and will post some sweet ones up here. In the main time check out abbyalgerphotography.instaproofs.com and find the Aimee and David link. Click on "my photographer" and look at her main page slide show. It's MY CAKE!!!!!
OK, time for me to at least pretend to get some homework done.
Lee's mom likes to tell us about what her dad would say when they would come home excited about all the money they'd saved shopping. He would reply, "You saved $10? Well let me see it." Or something like that. Basically the idea was that saving money meant keeping it, not spending it! It's a great concept to keep in mind. Sometimes we get duped into spending money we wouldn't otherwise simply because it's a great deal. But the real concept of saving truly is not spending in the first place. However, a three month supply is definitely worth spending money on. Good for you! :)
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ReplyDeleteThat was something that Lee posted on. Saving money is only saving it if you put it in your savings account. Maybe that's what I should do, when I get the receipt from the store and it says, "you saved $__" I actually go put that money in my savings. Interesting thought...
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