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I am suddenly listening to nothing but upbeat pop. Oh noes! LOL...
We saw Tin Tin this weekend and it was excellent! It was a movie I was COMPLETELY ambivalent about, but JP talked me into seeing it and I'm so glad he did! It was funny and touching and just a great adventure story. A real throwback. It's nice to see Speilberg still has the chops.
I have class tomorrow - a ridiculous entry-level software class that I am taking SOLELY for the purpose of being there to provide guidance and answers to my older, senior-level analyst. Pathetic. The day the online applications no longer make sense to me is the day I retire. Oh, well. I guess the class couldn't hurt. Technically, I have no official training - I am self-taught on most of the software we use (unless you count the time I spent Googling various answers as class time).
So, my new year's resolutions are the same as usual although I have tried to simplify and clarify this time around, being vague and grandiose not having worked for me in the past:
1. Work out every day for 30 minutes, even if it's just doing some vigorous housework (this has been somewhat impeded because I have managed to injure my back on two separate occasions since Christmas).
2. Refinance the house and change the land line (because AT&T is gouging my eyeballs out). Use the extra money from the refi to finish paying off my credit card.
3. Unless it is a necessity (groceries, gas, etc) or an emergency (car breaking down, running out of clean underwear), I am putting a moratorium on expenditures. I will have an allowance for going out to eat/theater/movies/vacations, but I spend way too much on clothes, jewelry, books, etc. I. Am. Getting. Control. Of. This. Budget. No one, especially in South Texas, needs 20 sweaters and nine pairs of boots (four of which are fur-lined).
So, you can see why I have not started on these resolutions quite yet, what with everyone and their mother having 70% after-holiday sales (I'm not made of stone!). But look out,next this week! I am good to go (as soon as my back stops hurting).
We saw Tin Tin this weekend and it was excellent! It was a movie I was COMPLETELY ambivalent about, but JP talked me into seeing it and I'm so glad he did! It was funny and touching and just a great adventure story. A real throwback. It's nice to see Speilberg still has the chops.
I have class tomorrow - a ridiculous entry-level software class that I am taking SOLELY for the purpose of being there to provide guidance and answers to my older, senior-level analyst. Pathetic. The day the online applications no longer make sense to me is the day I retire. Oh, well. I guess the class couldn't hurt. Technically, I have no official training - I am self-taught on most of the software we use (unless you count the time I spent Googling various answers as class time).
So, my new year's resolutions are the same as usual although I have tried to simplify and clarify this time around, being vague and grandiose not having worked for me in the past:
1. Work out every day for 30 minutes, even if it's just doing some vigorous housework (this has been somewhat impeded because I have managed to injure my back on two separate occasions since Christmas).
2. Refinance the house and change the land line (because AT&T is gouging my eyeballs out). Use the extra money from the refi to finish paying off my credit card.
3. Unless it is a necessity (groceries, gas, etc) or an emergency (car breaking down, running out of clean underwear), I am putting a moratorium on expenditures. I will have an allowance for going out to eat/theater/movies/vacations, but I spend way too much on clothes, jewelry, books, etc. I. Am. Getting. Control. Of. This. Budget. No one, especially in South Texas, needs 20 sweaters and nine pairs of boots (four of which are fur-lined).
So, you can see why I have not started on these resolutions quite yet, what with everyone and their mother having 70% after-holiday sales (I'm not made of stone!). But look out,
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Date: 2012-01-09 06:48 pm (UTC)From:ALL THE GOOD THOUGHTS re: these 2012 resolutions. Saving is so damn hard. Especially when there are boots to lust after! And the good moisturizer to be bought! (Or maybe that's just me. Ugh, why did I ever start using Philosophy? Had I not, I would've never known what it's like versus my stand-by cheapsie bottle from CVS.)
While I am not making actualfax resolutions, I am determined to bend it like Henry Rollins: Eat better, eat less, and move my body. Simple yet sage advice from hunky Hank!
Also, not to be completely random, but to be completely random, do you read The Bloggess? Because it is eerie, sometimes, how I think she and I must share the same brain. And then I read posts like this one -- prepare thyself for a gigglefit, by the way -- and I'm convinced you are part of this hive-mind, too. :DDD?
Mmmm, Henry Rollins. You had me at "cause I'm a liar!"
Date: 2012-01-10 05:41 am (UTC)From:That blog might be the most beautiful think I've ever seen! I was rolling around reading those honey badger/cobra/cat macros. Holy shit, she might possibly be my new role model...
OMG, I KNOW - spending money on crap I don't need brings me JOY. I love Lush moisturizer but at $40 a pop, it might as well be molten gold. BUT DON'T I DESERVE TO FEEL PRETTY?! Sorry, it wasn't you I was yelling at - it was all the millionaires who refuse to share their wealth with me so I can buy some moisturizer for my tired (yet still ridiculously oily) skin.
I hear the Philosophy brand is real nice...
Re the boots: I regret nothing. I just can't do it anymore. But in order for me to keep that promise, someone is going to have to block Zappos from my laptop. And keep me out of DSW. And the mall.