Canadian Tuxedo Optional (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} michaelpop) wrote,@ 2008-01-25 11:03:00 |
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Sing some strange verse from some strange song of vines.
A summary of my life lately:
- Obsessing over Bank of America's "Keep the Change" program. I've been substituting using my check-card instead of cash lately on all purchases in order to reap maximum rewards. And when I fill up my car I top off to .01. (I just realized that I should be getting gas and doing this EVERY DAY instead of once a week.)
- Saving money. It's kind of addicting to put money into savings. I want to try and live a more frugal lifestyle, except, I don't want to make too many sacrifices. So we'll see how that goes.
- Checking my credit score. From 0 just 18 months ago to 686! This doesn't mean much right now, but I'm planning for the future when it comes time to get a loan and buy a home. At the moment I have zero debt, and I just got a couple of credit-line increases so I'm up to $3000 in credit spread across three cards. Fiscal responsibility for the win! (For now, at least. I'm definitely going to start using up some of that credit for plane tickets and to fix my car.)
- Watching Law & Order: SVU or Criminal Intent every single night. As much as I love detectives Goren (<3<3<3 Vincent D'Onofrio forever) and Eames, I've really started warming up to Logan and his rotating cast of partners. I think Wheeler's my favorite so far.
- Clipping coupons. Saving money on things I already buy just makes so much sense.
- Learning to cook. This is a pretty big deal for me. I've only made two meals in two weeks (shrimp pasta and sausage pasta), but that's two more meals than I made in all of 2007. (and 2006, and 2005...) I'm starting to get the hang of making pasta (which is to say, I can boil water), but I want to try and make other things too. I finally dusted off the four cookbooks I own; cooking's not as scary as I thought. (But what I really want to make is SHAKE N' BAKE and HAMBURGER HELPER.)
- Reading supermarket circulars for what's on sale.
- CURLING UP ON THE COUCH IN MY SLANKET!!!! I was going to get this for Lindsey for Christmas, but they were SOLD OUT, so I decided to get this for her another time. Turns out she tried to get me one for Christmas too, and I just got it last week. Still, the dream of his n' hers Slankets is still alive. (Okay, I know I look like a complete tool in my Slanket, but it's perfect for the cold and dreary weather we've been having.)
Man, and you guys thought my life wasn't a non-stop party anymore!
A summary of my life lately:- Obsessing over Bank of America's "Keep the Change" program. I've been substituting using my check-card instead of cash lately on all purchases in order to reap maximum rewards. And when I fill up my car I top off to .01. (I just realized that I should be getting gas and doing this EVERY DAY instead of once a week.)
- Saving money. It's kind of addicting to put money into savings. I want to try and live a more frugal lifestyle, except, I don't want to make too many sacrifices. So we'll see how that goes.
- Checking my credit score. From 0 just 18 months ago to 686! This doesn't mean much right now, but I'm planning for the future when it comes time to get a loan and buy a home. At the moment I have zero debt, and I just got a couple of credit-line increases so I'm up to $3000 in credit spread across three cards. Fiscal responsibility for the win! (For now, at least. I'm definitely going to start using up some of that credit for plane tickets and to fix my car.)
- Watching Law & Order: SVU or Criminal Intent every single night. As much as I love detectives Goren (<3<3<3 Vincent D'Onofrio forever) and Eames, I've really started warming up to Logan and his rotating cast of partners. I think Wheeler's my favorite so far.
- Clipping coupons. Saving money on things I already buy just makes so much sense.
- Learning to cook. This is a pretty big deal for me. I've only made two meals in two weeks (shrimp pasta and sausage pasta), but that's two more meals than I made in all of 2007. (and 2006, and 2005...) I'm starting to get the hang of making pasta (which is to say, I can boil water), but I want to try and make other things too. I finally dusted off the four cookbooks I own; cooking's not as scary as I thought. (But what I really want to make is SHAKE N' BAKE and HAMBURGER HELPER.)
- Reading supermarket circulars for what's on sale.
- CURLING UP ON THE COUCH IN MY SLANKET!!!! I was going to get this for Lindsey for Christmas, but they were SOLD OUT, so I decided to get this for her another time. Turns out she tried to get me one for Christmas too, and I just got it last week. Still, the dream of his n' hers Slankets is still alive. (Okay, I know I look like a complete tool in my Slanket, but it's perfect for the cold and dreary weather we've been having.)
Man, and you guys thought my life wasn't a non-stop party anymore!