everyone would be happier if we all just talked to each other about our wants and needs and fears. personally, most of my suffering has come from keeping things to myself. just imagine if no one did that.

frugal five: week one

I know I love talking and reading about personal finance but I have yet to start writing about it on the blog. so I'm gonna start making a weekly list of five things I did to live frugally. hopefully this will keep me engaged and motivated to be less consumerist.

1. ate leftovers for lunch at work all week
2. shopped extreme discounts for christmas gifts and combined them with cashbacks (levi's, pact)
3. worked out at home (weights in the basement, running around the block, youtube videos)
4. wrapped gifts with reused packaging and other things I already own
5. shopped at ALDI

a fail: succumbed to a couple of impulse buys for myself.

taking your old job back is weird but mostly okay

Last week was my first week back at work! After a couple of phone interviews and one in-person interview (that I honestly thought I would get but I never heard back), I made the choice to just accept the generous offer my old boss gave me and work there until June when we should definitely be ready to move. I'm relieved that I don't have to push back moving or quit awkwardly and too early at a new job. I think I made the right choice to just start working and stop searching. It seems like everything will line up well; Dillon should have a certification under his belt and be ready to start his job search, too.

I thought going back to my old job was going to be awkward, but it was only weird for a second and everyone seems happy to see me and it's like I never even left. So I'm just happy that I'm getting paid more than I would ever expect to in a job like this and now we can move out of Dillon's mom's (literally the most important thing). That ball should start rolling tomorrow when I hear back from the apartment. I can't wait.

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