I'm the baddest baby in the atmosphere

I'm thinking of changing the name of this blog... I swear I should just keep a constant URL and just change the name whenever so the location remains constant.

But anyways! Been too long. I don't even know what I did during that time since my last update! I do know that i bought a lot of things like a ring which is kind of replacement of my old bow one which I lost.... I don't know where it went, sigh :(

I also think, because I had a dip in income for a week, this month was the lowest amount of money I spent...

Oh, I do know one constant thing in my life the past month: GLEE! Omg, I love that show! I don't know why I didn't start watching it earlier! It's amazing and so addictive! My favourite characters? Definitely Mike Chang (Harry Shum Jnr is SO HOT! o_o) and Brittany. And maybe Santana, too. Quinn (Dianna Agron) is really pretty. I love the way she dresses, or the costume department dresses her. I like Santana's wardrobe too! But definitely Quinn's. This should be going in my fashion blog.

I think that might be all for today. Under the cut is last month's spending summary. Tomorrow, or the next entry will be dedicated to the things I bought! :)

Happy June!

As I have mentioned before somewhere/time in my blog, I love new months. It's always a good opportunity to start anew cos it's not like you can always get a new year so often.. But yes. I think I have been neglecting those financial posts and goals. Well, I think it's time to start anew! I have spent so much just because I have gotten a lot of money... well, hopefully not this month. I am expecting about a grand from tax returns and tomorrow a nice big pay unlike my normal ones because I worked out of town and got petrol and accommodation pay too.

Though, after saying that, I am going to be going away in a couple of days (3 to be exact). It's going to be wonderful. I will also be the only attached friend there... that should be fun. But hopefully won't be spending too much, another friend, TS didn't really want to spend over $80. Could be done, accommodation split between us all is about $47, maybe cheaper if more people come. We'll see. Definitely keep you posted.

So. The goals:

June Goals

1. Read 2 books.
2. Watch 15(+) movies.
3. Work 15(+) hours/week.
4. Save 20%/$40 each week.
5. One "splurge"/purchase a week (if/when paid).
6. Weekly blogging (on both blogs) & (private) journaling.
7. Three meals a day/decent wake ups (to do this = food blog)

Spendings Round-up!

I find it so difficult to classify things. I'm not sure if it's the perfectionist/Virgo in me but I want the categories to be super detailed.... then I wonder does it really need to be that detailed? My current categories (that I have listed for June onwards) are:

• Dining+Bars (with friends)
• Dining BF (with boyfriend)
• Homewares
• Monthly (expenses such as mobile top up, magazine purchase and car insurance but that is filed under car costs... what do you think, should it be filed under monthly or car costs?)
• Car Costs (purchases retlated to my car such as most recently jump start cables, maintenance, WOF, registration etc)
• Clothes+Grooming (beauty, clothes and the like purchases)
• Gifts
• Savings
• Groceries (purchases from the supermarket to make dinner and other things such as snacks and such)
• Dairy buys (purchases from the dairy, usually when I require money for the bus.... or like recently water from the service station. Should this just be under a combined "food+groceries" category? Justification for this is that I want to target my spendings and know exactly where to cut back/where I am buying foods from.... hmm)
• Biscuit (purchases related to my pet guinea pig, usually just vegetables, pellets, hay, check ups etc)
• Transport (fuel purchases and bus/train tickets)
• Socializing (I contemplated having this under entertainment but in the past I have had magazine purchases and also book buys under the entertainment category... socialising is things like karaoke, pool etc. Hmm. Advice?)
• Holidays (thought I ought to have a 'holidays' category...)
• Meals Out (breakfast, lunch and dinners that are purchased/had outside of the home... or should that also go under a combined "food+groceries" category?)
• Debts (very unusual but yeah, self-explanatory)

So that is how things are categorized from now on for me and well, how I categorize.. May summary under the cut.

Bumper Crop Post!

Kudos to the person who knows where part of the title comes from. =)

Haven't updated in ages cos just been so busy and haven't had time.... or been kind of been procrastinating... >_<

March goal check-in.

March Goals

• Working 15 -25 hours a week: Only worked 30 hours all up and 20 of them was in one week =\
• $10 left in bank account: Nope. 
• Read 2 - 4 books: Didn't happen...
• 30 for 30 challenge - no spending on clothes: Was good up until the last week, when I needed to buy a white singlet... I think that's poor preparation, could have asked around if anybody had a white singlet... so, that ruined it. Also, didn't start the 30 for 30..
• Routine - Cleaning + moisturizing: Yes. For most of the days except when I was at BF's.
• One craft: No :(
• 8 - 10 movies: Yup, 8 movies all done!
• 3 lessons of photograpy completed: Nope... I had yet to do this one part of this assignment. But I did it yesterday.
• At least $400 altogether saved in both savings accounts: Didn't work that much so didn't save... at all. >_<

 March Financial Round-Up 
Below the cut... (I also apologize in advance for how the table following the pie chart sticks out! Next time, I will definitely be sure to make sure it's as small as possible....)

February Spending Summary

Before going into the monthly spending round up, just wanted to mention a few things like won a ticket to a free movie screening put on by AUSM - AUT's student movement and it was great. Really enjoyed the movie. The movie was The Adjustment Bureau and it has the perfect mix of romance and action. Or more, action than romance so the boys will probably enjoy it... not that I've seen The Bourne Identity, I kinda sense that its somewhat similar, but then they just add in the bureau and the girl.... I dunno, will let you know when I've watched the latter. 

Also, the other night, I baked the perfect 2 batches of chocolate chip cookies! This time, I used a teaspoon to scoop them and they are just SO crunchy! I love them and given a few away to friends and my mum. I want to make more! XD

And, since I did this on my LJ, thought would add it here too, in case you missed something or something catches your eye. February Summary:

• baked and spent about $100 more than I earnt
• made goals for March... more like a "monthly to-do" list.
• got into Pretty Little Liars.... still need to watch the pilot! I started watching/realized it was on one episode too late! (and also mused about the meaning of new months for me...)
• finished a book, Sloppy Firsts and watched four movies to add to my watched movies list.
• ate out at La Bruschetteria with a Spreets voucher. It was really nice! Def recommend it :)
• made my first dinner, enchiladas and hot chocolate submarino!

Then below under the cut is February's Spending Summary... I think after this month's tracking, I will set goals... after seeing if there are any themes.

January Spending Summary

To start off with, my current living situation is still at home and don't have to pay any rent or any other things, any 'groceries' are food and drink that is/can be bought from the supermarket. The other thing that might be odd and/or confusing is Biscuit is my pet guinea pig and that is the things that I buy for him, like fresh veges, pellets, cages etc,  and I think everything else is pretty self-explanatory.

This my first spending overview. Hoping to do more of these to keep track of my spendings and maybe even spend less... >_<

1. Transport: Topped up fuel once a week. Although this week, went out too much and hence overused fuel and also because had to work far away. Really hoping I get reimbursed from Inland Revenue for my fuel for work.. Also, $1.50 worth of bus rides.
2. Groceries: Seriously can't remember, but once, most recently, bought about $40 worth of gorceries for two meals and can't remember the rest... might have to keep receipts to remember..
3. Entertainment: Movies, phone topup, magazine (Cosmo). Probably next time will split my magazine subscription into months...
4. Miscellaneous: A rubbish bin [that I don't really need], vodem stick, and forgot two $5 purchases... =\
5. Dining: dinner and dessert with friends before and after movie
6. Dining BF
7. Biscuit: Pellets, 3 vege trips and bought a new cage for him, will also be reimbursed from selling his old cage.
8. Hair & Beauty: Bought Nivea sunscreen, which will last me till 2014 I believe and also 3 random hair accessories that I probably didn't need but wanted....
9. Lunch/Dinner: Lunches and dinners purchased by myself. This month was 1 lunch and 2 dinners... maybe really one altogether.... but on seperate occasions in one night..
10. Gifts: One gift for a birthday. Was a great price too! Went at the right time and also halved with a friend :)

In total, I spent $886 this month.... o_o definitely need to cut down... and most of this came from my savings with exception to one pay of $157...