because I felt the need for some very unhealthy food. You will not get more information, as you do not need to know more.
So how was my week? On Tuesday I reached goal one: get into Plus. On Wednesday I gained 1.06 Plus. On Thursday I finally used my voucher and on
Friday I had the weight down. Yesterday I had a peaceful and quiet day without any people, so lovely for me. Today I got up before 9.00 am, cooked pasta with Barbequeue? Sauce. BBQ, somehow I never know how to spell it out completely.
Since I had a lot of the Sauce over, I made a poultry-veggie-Stew with that sauce.
That I'll have for lunch on Monday. Because: we may keep the Microwave and only have to store it somewhere else. So I do not have to eat the carbohydrates in the evening. Very nice.
Today I also paid some bills and installed my regular saving to my savings account. Now that I know my IBAN for it. Makes it a lot easier. I went to the bank on Friday to get it and I also was able to lower my account costs, because I don't use some of the possibilities and so they were able to lower it. Only by 3 €,
but every Euro counts. Also I had managed to save some cash from the household-money (20 €) and I paid those in as well.
Since I forgot some things when shopping groceries on Friday (yes, I was very active on Friday, so I rested yesterday), I shall have to hit the store tomorrow after work. Still, I shall have a rest of 10 €, that I shall pay into my savings on
Wednesday. So: everything is fine.
A couple of month ago a friend asked, if I didn't consider to sell socks on the christmas-market my Employer offers and at first I said no, but I reconsidered that. I thought, that I might actually do that. I can widen my offers by some other things, like pulse and leg-warmers. They are very easy to knit and I can knit them as a set and even add a scarf and a cap with it. Though scarfs are really boring to knit. Still. I shall think it over and then on Wednesday I'll ask her. And until christmas, there is a lot of time. But it would be knitting with a purpose, so there.
Next week I shall start to work on getting to work early. So that I can leave early. And that will give me more free time. Though to begin with, I shall use it to clean my flat. But once I got some better ground in, I can get by with just maintaining that. I hope. At least, the washing is done. Friday. You gessed it.
Only a few days, too, until my next holiday. I have two weeks at the end of February, because that is, when we have the hightide of carnival in the part of
the Rhineland, where I work. I prefer to leave the house as little, as I can and so taking a holiday is just perfect for me. And then Lent starts and for this year, I shall participate by not drinking Cappuccino or any drink, for which I would need sweetener. Meaning sugar, honey or artificial sweetener. Fruit is o.k., so I think, that I shall switch to fruit tea or things like peppermint tea or herbal tea or some mixture of ginger, peppermint and lemon. Very tasty.
That's it for me for Lent though. There are limits to my endurance. But maybe next year I might do this and something else. Who knows.
Since the American and the German Banking and general Money Systems are in some parts very diverse, I found, that I can not work with Dave Ramseys "Every Dollar" App. Because it is often better to leave some money on the account and to take off the money, that I shall need for groceries, presents, donations and similar things. I do not go out much, so that is not really an issue, but the other things are better to taken care of this way. The rest I do pay via my account. We do not work with a cheque-system any more and you can not pay with a credit card everyday. Sometimes not even with a debit-card. On the farmers market for example you can only pay cash.
The expenses of the credit card will be paid automatically from the account. Mine is from my bank, so it is all in one hand. The last bill of that was paid last week and so now I am not cutting the card but I put it away from me, where I can not easily get at it.
Anyway: my bank offers a budget book, that is fitted to our banking system and so I ordered that, plus one that will manage ecological saving. Meaning, I think: saving money and doing something for the economy. I like that. I also like, that both are free and with free shipping. Lovely.
They wrote, that it will be in my place within two weeks, but since I only ordered it last Thursday, I do hope, that they shall arrive on Tuesday already. That would be perfect. This way I can start directly with my February Budget. On the other hand, I can also do it like I did it this month and then just copy it into my budget book. Won't be much of a problem.
And since it won't be, I shall get me some tea now and then play some Sims 4.
Cheerio and enjoy the new week!
Below you see the pulse-warmer. Even has a whole for the thumb. :)
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