It’s been awhile! I don’t think I’ve blogged since February, and honestly, I’ve barely noticed the time fly by, I’ve been so busy. My new job is going well, but it takes a lot of energy. Most nights I come home exhausted and ready to space out.
I’m still struggling with stocking my closet with clothes for work, but it’s slowly getting there. The problem isn’t wanting to spend money on it, its finding clothes that actually fit well, and look professional. It’s hard to find shirts that fit, aren’t sleeveless or tank tops, and aren’t three-quarter sleeves. Three-quarter sleeves make me want to yank it down to my wrists or push it up above my arms. I can’t wait until winter when long sleeves will be acceptable again.
After sorting out how much I’d been getting per pay period, I set up my accounts on autopay. Everything is automated now from monthly expenses, health savings account, retirement, other savings, and debt payment. It kind of sucks. It’s so simple and seemless, but I loved looking at it and calculating and making a decision where the leftover should go. I won’t change it because I think we do have the right portion going to savings and a right portion going to debt payment. If everything goes as smoothly as it is, we’ll be debt free sometime mid to late 2015. That is kind of exciting.
I have yet to figure out why summers are so expensive in our house. We don’t do anything different in summer, but our groceries, eating out, movie going, and random splurges always goes up May, June, and July. We always stick within our budgeted expenses the rest of the year, just not those months. I’m looking forward to August when it will slow down again.
Well, I don’t have much more to report. I feel quite boring. Perhaps next time I'll have sometime more exciting to report.
Job Update, Autopay, Summer Spending
July 1st, 2012 at 10:31 pm
July 1st, 2012 at 11:44 pm 1341186251
does this mean you also don't like capris?
July 2nd, 2012 at 02:37 am 1341196639
Oddly, we seem to spend less as so many festivals and ethnic celebrations/events are so much fun for so little cost. Hot weather meals seem to be salad based with small amounts of fish or meat...fast, easy and less expensive with all the fresh, seasonal produce.
July 14th, 2012 at 09:22 pm 1342300964
Jerry