As I curl up with a morning coffee, I can hear the birds outside and Jiminy, the cricket, who lives under our window. I have Til Debt Do Us Part on TV.
I feel good about what I accomplished yesterday. Lots of errands - picking up dry cleaning, a run to the bottle recycling (forgot two bags in the shed the last time), a run to the Teacher's store to pick up something I had ordered.
At home, Mr. Laundry Line got a good workout. I never know how many sunshiney weekends we will have left. I did DS2's bed linen including his pillows and comforter. Mine is on the list today and DS1s if I can squeeze it in.
I baked yesterday. Some banana muffins and cookies. I had to hide most of them in the freezer as everyone pounced on them. There would have been none left for lunches if I hadn't.
I was also bad yesterday. Naughty bad. I watched Extreme couponers. Several episodes. We don't have the coupon redemption system the US has and it honestly fascinates me how it all works. I certainly wouldn't have the time or the brain energy to figure out the combinations to get all those deals. I watched more than one person walk out with thousands of dollars in groceries for zero dollars, or very close to zero dollars. Makes my sad little handful of coupons look quite laughable.
DH bought a bbq yesterday. I have no idea if he can afford it. I guess that is one of the upsides of separate finances. I don't have to worry about it (unless something massive happens and I become responsible for both of us) He spent most of last night assembling it in the garage. Our old one was burned out and we could no longer get parts for it. I am anticipating some sort of bbq'd food for supper tonight.
Upcoming money needed was on my mind a lot last night. I curled up and wrote out what $ I need for debt or savings goals until Xmas to see how I could go about acheiving them. The goals of 2012 came up as well. I put them in the order they need attacking and calculated to see if I had enough money to acheive these goals. It certainly adds up. Still unknown is my salary. I have no idea when our contract will be settled and what it will mean for net amounts each month. I guess there is no point worrying about that until it happens.
One thing I have learned is that the more you start to truly think about money, the more situations that seem to come up where money is needed. Those situations always existed, but I think I just used to block them out and then get surprised when those bills come in.
