concert season

its concert season for me, the time of year where i spend far too much money on too many shows.

this year is special, i have a giant road trip, a small road trip, a drive down the street, and then ending it in phili where i will once again see katatonia *with opeth

first show is july 9th in long island, sound garden with coheed and cambria, queens of the stone age, meat puppets, mars volta and mastadon

july 30th is krockathon featuring bush, stone temple pilots and drop kick murphys

august 5-7th ill be in chicago for lollapalooza to see foo fighters and a bunch of other awesome bands

september 23rd ill be in phili to see katatonia and opeth, with a signed cd, fuck yes.


its draining my bank account but this is why i saved so much, to be able to do this

zoom zoom

got my car thursday! so far its been awesome, besides the lack of bus rides, this thing sneaks up in speed and the ride is smooth. my mood has been better, and i dont feel as stressed despite owing $13k (ugh)

now the saving plan has shifted to making double car payments to get this thing paid off asap. next payment is due the 27th and im already over by $100 so i think this will be a very doable thing.

also- now that i am mobile i can go through my stuff for spring cleaning and return the bags of bottles i have in my basement and all the other billion things ive been meaning to do YAY!

fuck yea!

as of thursday i will have gone over my 5k goal by about $20 and a month early! ill post the stats later but im just excited! sent a few links to cars to dad so hopefully he will help me look at stuff.

month 2 update

2 months in- something has changed, i pushed the end date to the 14th of april since it marks 4 months and is one last paycheck before i go into making car payments.
also i brought $20 from the savings to the bar the other night because i needed to boost my mood so i DID cheat a little on the saving.

heres the stats so far

$33.75 - people have given me a ride to or from work 45 times. it adds up

$34.74- change from groceries. i budget $20 every two weeks but almost never spend it all, yet i eat well

$107.16- left over "fun" money. i budget out $20 each week for fun. if i want chinese food or a beer, im getting it. problem is- i live in CNY and its fucking cold. so alot of this came from me refusing to leave the house, instead i enjoyed the comfort of tea, a blankie, and the wii.


over all savings has reached $4,106.94 in just 2 months. good paychecks and a nice tax return are to blame for the most of it, but again, this blog was to prove that the little things add up, and im doing a good job proving just that.