Springtime cooking

I made some crepes with spinach and ricotta and then some cream of asparagus soup. I had to use up some leftover vegetables.

It's Friday!

It's Friday and I'm ready for a weekend to sleep in and get projects done. I spent plenty of money last week so I'm going to have a frugal weekend. I have $75 to spend this week. My goal is to keep this budget. I'm going to weed my vegetable garden, plant a plum and an apple tree, and paint my laundry room. I have everything I need so it should be free.

On Sunday, I'm going to a food festival downtown. It costs $5 and lasts most of the day.

Have a great weekend!

My life feels out of control!!!!!

I have had a rough few weeks which started with the major expense of surgery for my cat. I spent $100 on two appointments and $820 on the actually surgery and medication. My credit card bill has skyrocketed. I am so used to consistently "Moving On Up" that the downhill slide made me a little depressed. So what did I do to cheer myself up? That's right. I went shopping. I bought plants, flowers, and paint for a new project. I didn't have the money for these expenses so I bought stuff on my credit card. I haven't put anything on my credit card for almost 2 years. I had a panic attack in the middle of Saturday night. It was horrible. So I got up in the middle of the night with a plan.

1) Leave all but one credit card at home.

2) Build up my emergency fund so I can pay for smaller expenses.

3) Face the music and accept my mistakes.

4) Tell my blogging community that I screwed up!

5) Get back into the game of Moving up!

Personal Finance Blahs

I haven't been in the PF mode. I found out my cat needs to have surgery and it will cost over $800. I don't have very much in savings so it will have to go back on the credit card. I am down to $1157 owed. It will be back up to $2000 by the end of the week. The delay has made me a bit cranky and I haven't wanted to blog. I want what's best for my cat.

May goals revisited

May is coming to a close as Memorial Day moves in on Monday. I love 3 day weekends. Since next week is a short week, I thought I could review my goals for the whole month.

1) Plant my vegetable garden. Done. I have several tomatoes, squash, herbs, cucumber, green beans and eggplant growing. Beside accidentally leaving the water on all night, the garden is doing well!

2) Pay down credit card to $1050. Nope. My credit card will be down to $1217.00. I paid off over $500 this month.

3) Finish reading 1984. Not yet, but I'm close and I have another 10 days to complete this.

4) Finish painting kitchen. I got a ladder to reach the corners above the cabinets so it will be done this weekend!

5) Exercise at least 4x a week. Done! I went from running 1.8 miles a day to over 3 miles on some days. I feel great!

(6) Don't go on any spending sprees. Done. I didn't go too crazy.

7) Get rid of 60 things before the end of May. I'm up to forty (??) things so with a good cleanup this weekend, I should achieve this.

#35 and #36 #37 of decluttering

# 35 I'm going to get rid of some old Cd's. Can you recycle these? Is there anyone who will take them?
#36 I have a lot of plastic plant pots. I am taking them to my nursery who reuses the pots.
#37 Post it notes!!! I have them everywhere. I don't know what half of them are!

Low on Cash!

I went a little crazy this week on plants and gardening projects. I won't need too much money this week. My boyfriend's taking me out to dinner for my birthday on Thursday. I'm going to be 35. Ugh. My parents are taking me out this weekend for dinner and we have a graduation party with lots of food on Sunday. I don't think I will have to buy much food! Sweet!