Back from my week of vacation which consisted of the weekend trip to Toronto and then VBS at our church and basketball camp for DD. It was a busy week at home and I am slightly glad to be back at work (sshh don't tell anyone!)

In between camps I managed to go through the basement and collect a large mountain of stuff to sell in a garage sale. Most of it is toys the kids have outgrown and I am fairly confident those will sell. This weekend I am going to start cleaning the items and making sure I have all the little parts.

Yesterday was an awesome day of only spending $2.27 on coffee and a bagel. I am challenging myself to eat 5 servings of fruits and veggies a day and made it through 3 which is a good start for me.

Looks like today I might manage to only spend $1.35 on coffee seeing as how I brought my lunch (yep, fruit and veggies) and dinner is all set for tonight. 2 Within Budget Days down!!!

We are having some work done at our house. We had brick and concrete steps/landing leading to our front door which was built sometime in the 1950s. It is in serious need of replacement and our contractor started today. I am very excited. We want him to add an overhang over the front door to give us some shade and the new landing will be big enough for at least 2 chairs. We have the money in our savings account to cover it so it's a really good feeling to not have to worry about paying for it

I just noticed that the interest rate on my Discover card has gone through the roof. 26.99% and I haven't been late in over 2 years. I am not sure what that is about but I am going to look into a balance transfer and shut that one down. How would I ever pay that off? It makes me sick thinking about it and I really need to find a way to bring in additional funds to chip away at it. My work is offering overtime which I am going to take advantage of and apply that to my card but it still feels like it won't be enough