Hello 2011 *thumbs up*
Saturday, Jan. 1, 2011 | 67 Comments
I’ve got a bit of a headache. No doubt due to last night’s late hours & champagne. :champagne: And my throat’s a bit dry; bothering me. :;_;: But nevertheless I’m good!! :kissyfaceheart:
So I only have one real New Year’s Resolution. :twinkle: A 3-month spending freeze. :skull: 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.) :rejected: Refills on makeup such as the powder I always use, mascara, and my Clinique acne products, that sorta thing. :gigglewakuface: Pre-existing magazine subscriptions from Fujisan.com, for others (birthdays, so on,) and lastly, Little Caesar’s 5$ Carry Out Pizza~ :mkpoo: Mike had me add that one! :blushingcute: 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. :kyaaface:
Ok~ so I’m excited about that! :sqnewyears: :cfaha2::ureshii: 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 :dizzy: so I’ve had no motivation to save. :( I guess my motivation now is the American crap economy & wanting a bigger safety net! Gaaah. :eep:
AND…
Thank you everyone for your comments concerning Bare Escentuals makeup too~ In the end I decided to hold off on trying something new. :snot: Seems like it could break me out maybe and wouldn’t provide more coverage than my current concealer + powder. :berry: And I know for sure my skin isn’t adverse to those :good: :) I’m so surprised though, SO many people have tried BE!! :cfaha2: I’m glad I brought it up :pissy:! Much more helpful than the makeupally & sephora reviews :D:good: THANK YOU!
I’m off to rest my throbbing head… :crap:
Jenny posted at 10:22 pm; Saturday
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Happy New Year Jenny!
I know what you mean about saving… I also find it difficultto save when I have nothing to save for. But I have been spending without thought lately also… Maybe too much cheer from the holiday season drove me a bit spend-crazy.
Good luck with your 3-month spending freeze plan!!!
Ah! Yes this could be a part of my cause too! Holiday season really got me spending!!! Thank you :)
HAPPY NEW YEAR JEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^____________________^
Hope you and Mike are both good~
And I hope the saving goes well
Happy New Year to you too lovely~~!!!
Feel better! You can do the spending freeze – it will be hard at first but we’ll get through it!
新しい主義はがんばってよ！
あけましておめでとう！
LET’S DO THIS BITCH!! I’m ready \:D/ I’m a masochist, I look forward to the tortuous pain of going “GD whhhhhy do I see this during my FREEZE only!?” Hahahaha
Jenny, Happy New Year!
Hope you can keep your New Year’s resolution going strong to achieve your goals. :) It’s not an easy task to keep those resolutions but I’m sure you can do it this time. Good luck with everything! And I hope this year brings lots of good things. :D
Thank you & happy new year too!
HAPPY NEW YEAR JENNY!
YOU 2! :)
I took am trying something different with money this year. Trying to build a saftey net. Get out of debt and stop spending so frivolously. It’s harder I think when you’re a blogger and everyone around you is displaying lookbookss/collections or recommending things they think you might like etc.
Oh god yes!! Now I’ll just live vicariously through other bloggers rather than cruising for recommendations and collection announcements =Y
Happy New Year! :)
Such a good resolution! I’m trying to hold off on spending this year as well, especially since last year and the year before, I spent so much on items I just liked at the moment… such a terrible habit, and I’m really trying to re-evaluate my wardrobe and spending habits! It just sucks that all these adorable clothes are so accessible, and online shopping is just a click away!
Ah yeah, getting a handle on the wardrobe can definitely help get a grip on spending too. Getting together a few fav outfits so you’re not always thinking “Oh I just need this ONE LAST THING and then my closet will be perfect!” That becomes an endless chase for me I think.
Happy new year! It’s too bad you’re not feeling so well.
I hope you get better soon! :)
No, it’s too bad YOU’RE not feeling well, you sound for reals sick ;_;
Ahhh, 2011! I love the feeling of a clean slate! Good luck regarding your resolutions, Jenny :)
I feel that lately, I’ve been very good at saving after spending a lot of time in thrift stores. The thrill of finding something really good keeps me sane in the often musty stores. Oh and the price can’t be beat, hah
Thrill of the hunt right!! Good idea :D
Happy New Year Jenny! ^^
Good luck on sticking to your new years resolution :) I should probably have something like that too but 3 months is too long for me lol ;_;
I keep flipping between thinking 3 months will be easy & 3 months will bring me to my knees… ha!
Wish you a happy new year! :)
Get well soon!
XOXO
Thanks! :)
Happy 2011! Nice resolutions ^^
Happy 2011 ;D
haha happy new year to you jenny!!! hope you partied but didn’t party TOOOOO HARD :p
hope you have a wonderful year ahead of you!!! im looking forward to an infinite number of blog updates by you this year too hahahaha ^___^
Oh my! Infinite! That’s quite a 2011 challenge! :)
thats a really good new years resolution!! I like that you are taking this whole crap economy seriously, because if more people had actually saved instead of running up their credits cards, we probably wouldnt be in this position now….. good luck!! this will challenge you on making cute outfits with nothing new too!
Oh lawd Credit Cards! IKR!!! I stopped using mine so long ago that they closed out my accounts without telling me because I “didn’t use them enough.” Credit Card companies only want you if you’re spendin’ spendin ;-;
The spending freeze is a great idea! I typically don’t spend much money (cause I don’t have much!) but after saving up about 1k for the WWoHP in October, I got OUT of the habit of saving and INTO the habit of SPENDING! Whoops -_-
As for BE, I say it’s always best to stick with what your skin KNOWS and works well with; even if the reviews and such say you should give it a go you never know how your skin will react!
Good luck with the saving & spending freeze! :)
& LITTLE CAESARS?! All of those closed in VA in the mid 90s! Amazing you still have some around! =O
Funnily enough our Little Caesars is newly opened!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I so need the same goal in mind too! I really need to save my money. Haha!
Fighting! I know you can do it! :)
Good luck to you as well! :)
Happy New Year!!
And I hope you can rest (:
I got plenty today, thank you! :)
Three months is a long time! I know I wouldn’t be able to do it. U.U Best of luck to you!! ♥
Thank you, I need all the luck I can get!
i wish you a happy happy new year, jenny! :3 hope you’ll realize your goals and wishes. keep blogging, hehehe.
ShuShu ♥
Thank you that’s really sweet! YOU AS WELL!
Oh nooo, hang overs are terrible.. i had one that lasted almost two days once. Sooo unproductiiive~~
Wow, spending freeze sounds so haaard.. I’ve been tricking myself lately with the logic “but it’s on sale nooooow…” Lol not good~~ Good luck with all your resolutions..!♥
Did you get mochi for new years?? I still haven’t had any, I really feel like I’m missing out ;w;~~
anyway, happy new year!!!♪♫
Mochi is OK nothing spectacular, this one’s plastic *weeeee* I only eat mochi in froyo usually.
Yeah! Nearly everything I buy I buy on sale or clearance but then I think I end up buying more because it’s at such a good price that I end up buying a lot more than I really need ;-; *damn sales*
happy new year!
And Happy New Year to you!
Good luck on your resolution! Haha it’ll be like a flashback to college days, I imagine? Lol (I live that way everyday -_-) But hey, maybe you’ll learn something from it.:) Happy New Year!!! :D 今年もよろしくお願いします☆
It’s gonna be exactly like college days haahaa, yesyes.
Good luck with your resolution, Jenny~! ♥ I’m sure you can do it since it seems like a pretty do-able goal (even if may be hard sometimes, haha XD) Ganbatte~~!!
Hope you had a wonderful New Year’s holiday ♥
THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN MEEE! xDDDDDDD
Hope you did too, hangover all gone & such!
Happy New Year!! Good luck on your spending freeze. I know it’ll be painful. :S
Thank you :) Yeah already today I was starting to realize the impact this might have on my daily habits (froyo adds up fast $$$ *_*)
Happy New Year! Good luck with your saving endeavors, I’m somewhat in the same boat TT-TT Only Matt never buys ANYTHING and makes me feel guilty~ lol
Mike thankfully spends & is joining me so it’s even stevens here \:D/
happy new year jenny! :D i hope your head feels better!
Thank & it does mostly today :)
I love your blog layout!! SOO kawaii!! hope you had a great xmas and new years!
F. (opinionslave.blogspot.com) x
Happy New Year to you too :)
Happy New Year, 2011 here we come! あけましておめでとうー！☆^^
The start of a new year must be tough for retail… we all feel money conscious now. :p
It really MUST be! It’s also much harder to pawn off left over holiday food on coworkers too…. =_=;;;;
Happy New Year! Hope it treats you well~ Good luck with not spending money!
Happy New Year to you as well~~ :)
Woah there. Been a while since I was on your bloggeroo XD
It’s still superfantastic as always!
Anyway, HAPPY NEW YEARRRRRRR. AKEMASHITE OMEDETOUUUUUUUU! BONNE ANNEE!! And all that :D I feel like the older I get, the less (amount) resolutions I have but the ones I have tend to be big – like save money for something big and whatnot. I need a spending freeze too. Just so many things I want! Wish you and Mike the best of luck with it! **There’s always a trip to Japan you could be saving for ;Dy You can never visit too often methinks XDXD
WRY HERRO DERE!!!!!
Yes, yes! Actually I woooooooooould like to go to Germany in ‘12 :DDD
Happy belated new years to you too!! the champagne in your first photo looks yummy~~ My sister got a Chilean strawberry one that was really good!! -licks lips- It was listed as 06 so while it wasn’t sugary sweet, it had a nice natural hint of strawberry sweetness without the horrible dryness of cheap champagne hahaha XD What phones are you and Mike thinking of getting btw? I really wanted to get the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate phone but my stupid plan isn’t eligible for the upgrade yet as I found out after getting up at 5 to go to best buy for their $0 smartphone promotion!! DX (Canada has THE worst phone plans. ever.)
Even though I’m a uni student living at home and usually only work during the summer, my saving plan is usually to decide in advance how XX% of each paycheck will be placed into a savings account, no matter what. This really helped me in limiting my spending since I only had XYZ amount to spend and make sure I always have a nice little cache safely stashed away for any important emergencies ^^. Ex. when I had some large health issues the past year, I had money saved up to help pay for treatments and stuff. I’m guessing you probably already do something similar so maybe up the percentage you deposit into your savings account to help you in your goal of cutting down spending? Wish you the best of luck in succeeding in your resolutions!! :D
Happy New Year!
I know what you mean about spending and saving. Instead of staying in one place and saving up to buy a house or something, we tend to want to move to a new country to explore it and the surrounding countries. Thus we never end up saving much. But on the other hand, when we get old, we can say that we did many things in our lives ;-). So saving is good, but don’t let it prevent you from enjoying life, too. :-)
happy new year! i think i mixed comments on the last on but whatever..:/
I know it is a bit late to comment on this post. HAHA!
But anyhow, I think the savings plan is awesome! and after reading your post, I told the bf that we need to have this resolution too!
Thanks for that! HAHA!
waaaa this made me really happy :D
Happy New Year :D Sorry it’s so belated. I’m only just able to catch up on everything I’ve missed :/
Your new years resolution sounds like a good one. It’s always good to stop and take stock of things. Good luck with it :)
Ahhh I’m so behind with your blog!! D:
Happy super belated new year to you! :D
All the best for your new year’s resolution!