This week I set up my payments for my most recent credit card statements, and OUCH. I think I took the "Oh, I have no boyfriend and boyfriend's family to shop for this year, so more money!" thing a little too far and spent with a bit more abandon than I should have. On the upside, the members of my immediate family got nice big piles of gifts, ( Read more... )

Sometimes, there's nothing like a good shopping spree. Especially when everything is either way on sale or purchased with store credit -- or both ( Read more... )

Gah, it's nearly the end of the month and I haven't touched my novel. I've tried writing a few times after work and ended up losing the battle with sleep and conking out on the couch. Probably because I'm not getting six hours of sleep a night as planned -- I'm still riding the five-hours-give-or-take train. So much for my New Year's resolutions ( Read more... )