Today was pretty uneventful, although long. I had a staff meeting at work, so I was there from 8:30am til 7pm (which means I was away from home from 7:50 - 7:30 with bus times). Now I'm tired, and I think I'll just indulge in a little t.v. watching. It was a no spend day, which was good. Brought my lunch (like always) and resisted the temptation of buying an afternoon coffee. I ended up just snacking on a granola bar I brought from home to satisfy that 3 o'clock craving for sugar.
I checked with my boyfriend about my entertaining difficulty buying ground sausage. Apparently I was in the wrong meat section! Sheesh. I was looking near the beef and breakfast sausages. Down the aisle by bacon and hotdogs I guess they have a section of ground sausage that is - as my boyfriend describes it - 'spicy.' Oh well, he was happy enough with it, but now I know where to look. He found the whole thing kind of amusing. Figures, send a vegetarian to buy 'ground sausage' and who knows what you might get
As far as my whole over budget problems, I think I'm going to shoot for staying within $40 of my normal limit. I'll just subtract $40 from my spending limit next paycheck to make up for it (basically just include $40 of my Costco grocery purchases on NEXT paychecks budget). I should be able to stay on budget for the month as a whole without a problem, and I'll try to keep spending to a minimum until next paycheck.
Spending:
Nothing. Nada.
$9.94 left in budget.
No spend day!
November 17th, 2005 at 05:29 am