January 24, 2012

It's been over a year since I logged in.

What's going on it 2012 for me?

I've restarted weight watchers, but this time I've got Kelly and Barbara with me. So I'll be monitoring my progress here. I want to lose 35 lbs.

Starting weight on 1/14: 171.4
on 1/21: 171.0 so -0.4

It's the right direction.

I'm also still battling the debt. I've hit my highest amount ever. It is going down now though. I am now "gazelle intense" as Dave would say.

Let's move in 2012!

23.4%, whoo hoo

Can't believe that I haven't posted since May. No one reads this except my mom, though.

Hi Mom!

Since May I've gone from 7.7% paid off to 23.4%! I am so excited! Of course, some of that came from my 401K cash in, which I know is a no-no, but I was getting no where because of my balances. I can see progress now and it's very motivating. I've got 6 more debts left and still aiming for Free in Three!

Labor Day weekend and my goal is to not spend any money except for pizza tonight. No unplanned spending! Praying for strength.

76.6% left!

Progress - 7.7%

Reworking numbers (adding debt I forgot) in March I actually only progressed to 6.3% paid off. April was horrible because I lost that all the way down to 0.5%.

Because of the $1,240 a month bill for summer camp for the girls I took some money out of my 401K at work. I padded it a little and made up for April's bad numbers. So for the summer I've paid for Ginny's summer and got the grand total back to 7.7%.

This debt just seems insurmountable. I'll work on getting my Robert Bateman print on eBay this weekend. That might get me $1000.

Expensive mistakes

I can't seem to learn not to spend money. This past Saturday I spend about $275 on two baby bunnies. Mistake! Of course they took them back, but they wouldn't give a refund for used stuff or "livestock".

I tried to impress on Juliana not to do as I do and what a huge mistake we made jumping into buying the bunnies. They sure were precious. The dogs loved them, too.

The second mistake was putting it on my MC. I really need to take it out of my wallet. I'll do that when I get to the car tonight. I'll keep it in the car for emergencies, but at least it won't be as handy.

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

Juliana turned 13 this past week. I did not spend $ at Dave and Busters, repeated adding more and more money on our cards. I wasn't addicted, not me!

For Jules' birthday, I did not buy an ice cream cake from Cold Stone Creamery enough for 30 people for just 5 of us! Nope! I do not LOVE their Mint Chocolate ice cream cake and will not gain 20 pounds over the next few weeks nibbling on it.

That is all I'll admit to... for now.

March Debt Progress

Thanks to me paying too much to Uncle Sam in 2009, I have made significant progress on my debt snowball! I am now up to 7.2% paid off since the beginning of February. I'll probably be at a turtle's pace from now on, but it sure is nice to have 4 $0 balances! There is also a great support group that I'm participating in called Women In Red, specifically the Racers in the South. There is a group for everyone, even international.

Debt Free in Three! How's that for my motto?!

1.1 percent!

February 8 was the all time high for my debt amount. I am now gazelle intense. And thankful for a nice tax return coming next week. But that is for the March thermometer. For now, on February 28, I had decreased by debt by 1.1%!

Dave says it's a behavioral change. I can see that and I'm trying to do it. Looking forward to seeing the March percentage.