It's been too long

I created this blog after loads of sleepless nights and frustrations surrounding our financial status at the conception of this blog.

I jotted down tons of ideas, witty posts, and I let it die. I'm sorry about that.

A little update on us. We're not so broke anymore and that's a good thing. Of course, the bad thing is I've let 'broke in love' slide. But really down in the bottom of my heart, being responsible with money and our future is paramount in my mind.

So why should this blog die? So my lovely few remaining readers, it's not going to! There will be no pigenholing here. No 'sorry you're not broke enough to be commentating on this'. Forget it!

This will be what it was meant to be. A place for people to share ways to live life, have fun, share tips and tricks for living a cost effective life.

As I sit here drinking my diet tonic and Bombay Sapphire I got at Duty Free on my last cross atlantic trip...it reminds me how far we have come (hi we have a SECOND CAR!!!!) and how far we have to go!

More on the car. It's a used, 2006 VW Jetta 2.5 sport edition. It's hot. My husband is in LOVE with this car. Seriously. I think our marriage has improved leaps and bounds in the purchase of a car with 32K on it. We both now have our independance (I use the CX7 when I need to a few times a week to park at the station-but hate paying the 4.00 a day!- but it lets me get on with MY life too!) I had my first real taste of freedom this weekend when out with friends, I was out almost the whole day with neary a word about 'Where I was' because HE HAD A CAR TOO!!!!!!!

It's heaven. And our payment, since we put a decent chunk down, is a little over 200.00. Used cars, the right used cars, rock. Let's hope ours stays that way! :)

The Babe has been working......

To help us lose our broke status, I take portraits of children and families on weekends. I tried something new to help out an organization I used to volunteer with, the Junior League of Boston. I shot their ball at the beginning of March and have been up to my ears in editing as it is way out of my comfort zone. I also did a shoot yesterday for a one year old in Lowell. Interested in seeing? Visit my photography blog.

And of course, if you're interested in any photo work and are in the New England area, feel free to visit my website! :)

But for real...these things keep me very busy.....and bring in some money here and there which helps us in the grand scheme of things! So at the moment....I'm mum. But don't worry, I have plenty of ideas in the hopper...I just need to get them down on paper! ;) More later this week!

Weekend Update

Ahh if only this was going to be as funny as SNL's Weekend Update. It's not. How did the talk go this weekend? Short answer, it didn't. Why? Well the good thing is we accomplished a lot this weekend. The bad thing, we spent money we probabally should not of (notably the 600.00 on suits for the Bloke tops highest on the list). To be fair, he wears suits for work and hasn't bought a new suit in a year and a half...and his, well, some leave something to be desired. The question is, did we need to buy them NOW? The answer is no. He knows the new suits=having to pay for the new suits so I'm hoping these give him a new lease on closing deals. I have to say, being outfitted in a new suit makes me feel fresh. So Bloke. Do it. Work those new suits.

I know you're all wondering....

How it's going, the limiting e-communications during the day. Well, we're on day 3 and it's REALLY helping. Save the car ride last night from the train station, where the Bloke was arguing a bit more than usual with the NPR reporters where I was in no mood to talk.

But Monday night, I actually felt like talking to him instead of retreating into my hole. Last night, he helped by making part of the dinner. It's hard to make the shift, it's so easy when I see he's logged in online to say something. But it's making the time we spend together more valuable. Where is the fun in me telling him a stupid story in a chat window, when we could laugh about it together?

I have not left any notes. I'm being lazy since Valentines is around the corner and since we have no money for gifts, we'll at least write a note or a card. I don't want to spend all my creative juices prematurely. That sounds dirty. But I will see if I can incorporate it in.

Also this weekend I started the first of our little experiments. I'll report on that later.

Thanks to everyone who has emailed me, called me, offered support in this. What I'm hearing from everyone is how relevant this topic is. I'm not going to lie, it's a reason I created the site. So feel free to leave comments or email me!

The IM Cessation: Not as easy as you think....

I'm attempting to cut down e-communication to a minimum. We've had a series of very short one sentence messages to each other....hopefully this will leave me something to talk to him about when I get home today. I normally pour my thoughts out in that little window in my chat bar. Do I feel better saying them as I would face to face? Absolutely not. There is barely any fulfillment from IM ranting or chatting....and if I spent all day chatting with my husband online, I don't want to talk when we get home! Then it's day in day out wake up go to work come home cook dinner go to bed and start all over again!

So lets see how long I can hold out...and if I actually feel like talking when I get home which would be new for me.