Then the water thing happened. You remember the water thing, right? yeah. So we moved again. and I stopped keeping up with my paperwork on a massive scale. I just kept throwing stuff on a pile in my desk cupboard:

Today I decided to actually get started on fixing this problem.

I pulled out all of the unopened envelopes and laid them out on the table:

Then, I sorted everything by who it was from:

It helps when you have the proper tools – can you tell what is wrong with the opener on the right? It works as well as a finger

And now, this is what I have left:

I’m also feeling accomplished about cooking at home more often. The last few weekends I’ve managed to cook at least 2-3 meals at home each weekend. While that doesn’t sound like much, its huge for us because 3 meals cooked at home equals 1 meal going out, in terms of cost.

Speaking of costs, I’m also revisiting getting a solid budget put together. Its hard to do, especially when your $outgo exceeds your $income every single month. Since before I started working at LW I have not been able to make it one month without adding to my credit card debt, and that is really sad. However, with the help of some unexpected extra $income I got about a month ago, I may be able to break that trend. May being the keyword here. We’ll see.

pincushion top

pincushion bottom

Its totally crooked and wonky, but its TINY at appx 3″ by 3″, which is why I included the ruler in the pics. I still need some stuffing and a hand-sewing needle to finish it off.