Worth It, Reasonable and The Whole Picture
I wrote before about how many past purchases have been made with the hope or expectation that an item could Make It Better. I have bought many a thing because I...
Author: noemikjames
Restriction vs. Intention
It can feel sometimes (okay, A LOT of the time) like pretty much everything in my life is restricted. We’re in the worst drought in California history, so...
Summer Budget Project Week 7 (and an announcement)
This week’s total was torpedo bombed by a massive swimming lesson purchase. This Tuesday we will use the last of the ten swimming lessons I purchased for ...
Money Waste Rage
I’ve never handled the loss of money (either in the form of actual money or the stuff money buys) very well. I am someone who loses things and I take it v...
ZOMG THE OVERWHELMZ
I’m at work today. In my classroom. Doing things. Or trying to. ZOMG THE OVERWHELMZ. Nobody was in the office but I was able to peek through the glass win...
Same as it ever was
I’m reading more and more frugal living and financial independence and personal finance blogs and I am so impressed with the choices people are making and...
Ping-Pongin’ Around my Mental Parts
I hope you’re ready to ping-pong through the long and short of my mind… Less than three weeks left of summer. It feels like it flew by and like I...
How much is too much?
I had a problem with alcohol for many, many years. In high school and college I used alcohol (and other drugs) to numb my emotional pain and ease my anxiety. Wh...
Summer Budget Project Week 6
This itemized spending recap feel disingenuous because I was with my husband all weekend and he paid for everything. We spent A LOT on food and drinks that week...
Remembering
Last night my husband and I watched Obvious Child. It’s an atypical romantic comedy about a woman (Jenny Slate, who is wonderful) dealing with the emotion...