+April Wallet Watch
1. Make shopping lists and stick to them. Cook from my pantry/fridge before I resort to shopping trips.
2. No ice cream runs. (No explanation needed here. Just…no.)
3. No buying soda at school. Generally, once a week or once every 9 days or so, I'll resort to a Pepsi from the vending machine because I truly can't stay awake at school (I need to go to bed earlier). This is a bad habit and I just need to get over it.
4. Stop shopping online. Really. I rarely shop at actual stores, unless it's for food (#centralMOproblems), so I've been getting books, shoes, etc. online. I can give this up for a month.
+Someone I know is running the Boston Marathon in a couple of weeks. Here is her tumblr if you're interested in reading about someone who takes running seriously and has gotten good at it in a few short years. She's also a teacher.
+This happened last week.
+My personal goal for the week has been to watch all of Mad Men season 6, in preparation for season 7 on April 13th. So far equals success. My goals are small.
+The Following delivered again this week. I don't know what it says about me that this is what I choose to watch right before I go to bed.
+I stayed up until 11:30pm watching The Walking Dead last night. It was the first time Scott had a chance to watch and I didn't want to without him. If that doesn't say "best wife ever", I don't know what does. I enjoy the fact that old Rick is back.
+We saw Divergent over the weekend. I liked it. After some necessary introspection, I realized I didn't like the book because her descriptive writing was painfully boring. I'm pretty sure I skipped over the whole capture-the-flag scene because it was putting me to sleep. There also seemed to be more character development in the movie. I really want to see Insurgent now to find out what happens next. I could read the book, but I just don't enjoy the way Ms. Roth tells a story.
+This happened last week.
The rental company OPENED their tenant's mail. How is that okay? Ever?
My biggest piece of advice about FLW is to neverevereverever rent from Realty Executives.
Like Taylor-Swift-nevereverever.
+Speaking of bad customer service (I feel like I'm full of complaints lately), Quickenloans has been giving us the runaround. We had everything ready to go and then they insist on a completely insignificant, random tax document be updated. I don't think it's possible to supply a 2014 tax document…in 2014. Right? Anyway, the guy was an absolute ass. So much so that Scott hung up on him and the boss called us back and he doesn't seem to be much better.
Other businesses to not bother with: Reliable Toyota in Springfield. I've never heard Scott yell at a salesman before. Also Farmer's Insurance. Also the first time I watched him hang up on someone.
It's been a rough few months.
Can I just say we've had worse customer service in the last year than we have in the last 5 years combined…?
+However, I had fabulous service at the Optical Center on Ft. Leonard-Wood when I went to order contacts the other day.
+Maybe I should start my own Angie's List-like company.
+My personal goal for the week has been to watch all of Mad Men season 6, in preparation for season 7 on April 13th. So far equals success. My goals are small.
+The Following delivered again this week. I don't know what it says about me that this is what I choose to watch right before I go to bed.
+I stayed up until 11:30pm watching The Walking Dead last night. It was the first time Scott had a chance to watch and I didn't want to without him. If that doesn't say "best wife ever", I don't know what does. I enjoy the fact that old Rick is back.
+We saw Divergent over the weekend. I liked it. After some necessary introspection, I realized I didn't like the book because her descriptive writing was painfully boring. I'm pretty sure I skipped over the whole capture-the-flag scene because it was putting me to sleep. There also seemed to be more character development in the movie. I really want to see Insurgent now to find out what happens next. I could read the book, but I just don't enjoy the way Ms. Roth tells a story.
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