Oooh, a bad, bad title. It�s chilly here on the North Coast, more than I�m used to. Being on the coast, we rarely freeze; even a half hour inland gets much colder. But when I passed my car walking to work today, I was sure glad I wouldn�t have to spend a lot of time defrosting the windshield. Anything to reinforce walking to work works for me!
Sometimes I get the �put your head down and keep going� mentality. It�s not a sad or unhappy place to be, but it�s a very determined place. And right now I feel committed to develop some new habits, and in awhile these tasks-walk to work, eat smaller portions, get my workday organized first thing in the morning, etc.-won�t be hard at all, because they�ll just be what I do-my routine.
Until it�s a routine, I almost wish I could turn my thinking button off. I can muse for days; pros, cons, ifs, thens. Not necessarily so helpful. I want no distractions, even good distractions. Thankfully blogging is a way for me to stay focused; angst or flightiness can be funneled.
On the financial front, I�ve got 48 days left on My Challenge. All systems seem to be go. Last night�s sushi for My Guy�s birthday was not heap but it was anticipated, so I�m good there. Car insurance comes due, but I�ve been budgeting for it, and a bonus is that next month, the last month of My Challenge, I won�t have to budget for it! It almost compensates for the fact that I had to pay the July segment only five months in to my Challenge.
I haven�t had to spend car repair money recently, though I did spend $4.50 this month for self-serve car wash and vacuuming. If my car stays true, I will also be able to pout all my banked car repair money into other categories in February. The whole idea that any banked money come 2/28 is available for addition savings as far as Challenge numbers is pretty exciting. I�m very curious to see what my average spending per month ends up being.
Ice! Ice! Baby, it's Cold Outside
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I'm so impressed, continually so.......by your commitment to the challenge. Not many people I know can go even a day without spending money on something! Look at you! You've got material for a book, you know?? Have you thought about what you could do with your experience & research?
Again, kudos to you. I'm so impressed.
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