Resolutions and Goals: June Edition
excuse me, June? How can you be over already!?!
Seriously, the time goes by so quickly these days, that I really have no idea what day it is, and months feel like weeks. Remember when I thought life would slow down after college? fool.
anyway, on to the important stuff.
1. Blog More- only 3 non-goal oriented updates this month. Not my best showing, not my worst. Mostly the lack-there-of is because of...
2. Buy a House: CHECK. yep- in case you missed my last post, I signed paperwork on Friday, and moved all of my stuff over the weekend since I had to be out of my apartment by Monday. Ho-ly crap, I have a ton of stuff. It really doesn't look like all that much until you have to pack it up and move it. I had a few very awesome friends help me move, and I don't even know where to begin with thanking them. Because it was such a quick turn-around, my house now looks like this
which means I'll be spending the next few days organizing and unpacking. Luckily the cable/internet guy can't come until Tuesday because of the holiday weekend, so I'll be distraction free while I conquer the task. In related news, I'll be eating most of my meals at Panera since I can use their free internet (mac-n-cheese tonight!) I made sure to take lots of "before" pictures so that I can show you the after ones as rooms get completed. I picked out paint colors today, which *might* be the part I've been looking forward to most, and I'm excited to see each room take shape.
3. Stop Buying New Clothes- the best way to stop spending money on clothes? spend a whole bunch of money on a new house and everything necessary to fill/decorate it. I spent $15 on a new maxi skirt from Target, which brings my new amount remaining to $247- almost exactly half as we turn into the 7th month of the year. I also have begun the long process of weeding through my clothes as I unpack and put them away, and the pile to donate just keeps getting bigger and bigger. When I finally take that trip to Goodwill, I'll be sure to update my total, since that was part of the deal I made with myself at the beginning of the year.
4. Finish Projects- and so begins all of the fun of home-ownership. Numerous projects are in the works at the moment- painting, decorating, adding in ceiling fans, framing pictures... you name it, I'm probably doing it. The real test will come next month to see if I finish them in a timely manner.
5. Go Back to School- UMD has everything they need from me, so I just have to get the okay to register for my classes for the fall. Hard to think I'll be back in the classroom in a few short months.
That's all I have for you today, folks. Life is crazy and exciting and very, very busy over here, but nothing I can really complain about. I'm going to try my hardest to share pictures and updates about the house over the next few weeks, since people are already asking, and I've only lived there for 3 days.
Until then, back to this
Seriously, the time goes by so quickly these days, that I really have no idea what day it is, and months feel like weeks. Remember when I thought life would slow down after college? fool.
anyway, on to the important stuff.
1. Blog More- only 3 non-goal oriented updates this month. Not my best showing, not my worst. Mostly the lack-there-of is because of...
2. Buy a House: CHECK. yep- in case you missed my last post, I signed paperwork on Friday, and moved all of my stuff over the weekend since I had to be out of my apartment by Monday. Ho-ly crap, I have a ton of stuff. It really doesn't look like all that much until you have to pack it up and move it. I had a few very awesome friends help me move, and I don't even know where to begin with thanking them. Because it was such a quick turn-around, my house now looks like this
3. Stop Buying New Clothes- the best way to stop spending money on clothes? spend a whole bunch of money on a new house and everything necessary to fill/decorate it. I spent $15 on a new maxi skirt from Target, which brings my new amount remaining to $247- almost exactly half as we turn into the 7th month of the year. I also have begun the long process of weeding through my clothes as I unpack and put them away, and the pile to donate just keeps getting bigger and bigger. When I finally take that trip to Goodwill, I'll be sure to update my total, since that was part of the deal I made with myself at the beginning of the year.
4. Finish Projects- and so begins all of the fun of home-ownership. Numerous projects are in the works at the moment- painting, decorating, adding in ceiling fans, framing pictures... you name it, I'm probably doing it. The real test will come next month to see if I finish them in a timely manner.
5. Go Back to School- UMD has everything they need from me, so I just have to get the okay to register for my classes for the fall. Hard to think I'll be back in the classroom in a few short months.
That's all I have for you today, folks. Life is crazy and exciting and very, very busy over here, but nothing I can really complain about. I'm going to try my hardest to share pictures and updates about the house over the next few weeks, since people are already asking, and I've only lived there for 3 days.
Until then, back to this
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