spending habits

[derien]

I just 'balanced' my checkbook (a joke, because I write down whatever the bank has and subtract it down and still my answer doesn't match up with theirs, and how can that be?? but anyway...) and I noticed that we went out to Norm's five times during the month, Shere Punjab in Brunswick once, and India Palace here in Portland once. And I had lunch at the airport once. That seems like a lot of going out. Well, at least to Norm's. I think we should probably try to shift some of those Norm's visits down to India Palace. :)

I also feel better about lunch at the airport. It's not cheap by any means, but it's about what I spend on myself for dinner at Norm's. Yeah - for a burger and steamed vegetables that's NOT good, but it was a lunch that left me feeling quite satisfied and happy - I should really learn how to cook that.

The best thing about my checkbook - the bonus I got at the beginning of the month means that I could lose my job tomorrow and live this entire month over again exactly the same and still not be out of money. Of course if I lost my job I would not go out to Norm's five times.

Okay, off to pay the rent and pick up my new monitor - yay! :)

Comments

[peak-in-darien.livejournal.com]

Aah, banking is confusing... well to me anyway. >.> You don't know how to cook vegetables? Or just special ones?

Yay for your bonus!!!

[derien.livejournal.com]

Supposedly I'm supposed to be able to write down the money I spend when I spend it and subract it out and at the end of the month it's supposed to be the same as what the bank says... but if I can't even get it the same when I just write down what THEY say, how could I possibly do that? Better, even - how DID I do that? Because when I was younger I could. I swear I'm slowly losing my brain. (I have noticed a decline in my reading comprehension, lately, which worries me.)

I guess I know 'how,' theoretically, to cook veggies, but I'm too lazy, maybe? Or disorganized? They always go bad when I buy them.

[derien.livejournal.com]

Oh, I said I was going out to get that monitor, didn't I? I really have to go.