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Saturday, January 1st, 2011 | 67 Comments

CHAMPAGNE!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

I’ve got a bit of a headache. No doubt due to last night’s late hours & champagne. And my throat’s a bit dry; bothering me. But nevertheless I’m good!!

So I only have one real New Year’s Resolution. A 3-month spending freeze. I mentioned it a few too many times already. :F Basically no more spending frivolously on unneeded or new items including clothes, makeup, sweets, constant dinners out, etc. A few exceptions include any necessary replacement items (vacuum seems to be going & space heater literally died last night.) Refills on makeup such as the powder I always use, mascara, and my Clinique acne products, that sorta thing. Pre-existing magazine subscriptions from Fujisan.com, for others (birthdays, so on,) and lastly, Little Caesar’s 5$ Carry Out Pizza~ Mike had me add that one! He’s agreed to do this with me which will include no new XBOX games & movies & so on. Last exception is new phones. :good: I’ve put aside the amount I’m willing to pay already. So if that means waiting until February for my contract break fee to drop OR getting Mike’s phone on a good sale it’s fine.

Kagami mochi adorned with a bitter orange on top a sanpou with shihoubeni and gohei

Ok~ so I’m excited about that! My hope is to come out of it with a better grip on how I spend. Lately I know I’ve been more frivolous and unrestrained about it because I’ve got no big saving goal in mind. :F Usually I’m saving for a trip or a big purchase but not now so I’ve had no motivation to save. :( I guess my motivation now is the American crap economy & wanting a bigger safety net! Gaaah.