Confession time

During my move to a bigger and better apartment, most of my day-to-day frugality flew straight out the window. The leases overlapped by 10 days, which made for the most drawn-out move ever and the sense that our lives were split between two apartments. It’s like my defenses were weakened. Buy lunch at work every day? Check. Eat Subway or convenience store food every night? Check. Not even blink an eye when Mister Redhead makes uncharacteristic impulse buys (like the beer-brewing kit on clearance at Bed Bath & Beyond)? Check.

Last week was a little better, thanks mostly to the fact that we finally made it to the grocery store and have started making meals at home again. But I still feel off-kilter. So, I am solemnly swearing that I will get back to my normal, sane spending habits starting…now.

And if any of you are moving in the near future, let me offer some words of wisdom. DO NOT RUN OUT OF GROCERIES. That’s all it takes to start spending money left and right on fast food. Your wallet (and waistline) will thank you if you make a quick run to your new grocery store right away. I promise.

Gone Movin’

Please excuse the lack of posts this week. I’m pretty busy painting the new apartment after work every night until 1 a.m. and prepping for the big moving day tomorrow (eek!). Perhaps in the near future I’ll write about how painting an entire apartment is way more expensive (and time-consuming) than we thought it would be. Or how we debated the merits of getting a Uhaul and doing all the lifting ourselves (cheap, but good chance we’ll strain our backs and marriage) vs. hiring a moving company (convenient, but sketchy and really expensive).

Stay tuned to see how it all turns out!