September 18, 2013

• Exhausted.

  This is how I feel but don't really have the time to be. I walked into work this morning and my house (by house...I mean boss) asked if I needed to take a vacation day? haha, apparently it's showing.

  After this crazy busy summer, I thought, lets add some more craziness to my life. Like, lets move out the day before your birthday and install ArtPrize on your birthday (plus go to breakfast with dad, lunch with Grandma and Grandpa, a friend's house dedication and a bonfire with family). Then Sunday had church, lunch with the parents, 2 ....yes, 2 meetings before evening service then an ArtPrize artist thing at The Bob after church, Monday BSF, Tuesday after work, I had 45 minutes to kill, so I went to Meijer to get the cleaning supply list, then dinner with a friend from HS, his wife and his parents (it was sooo great to see/talk with all of them), left there later than I expected...arrived at Meijer at 9 PM and there went the night. Left there around 10:30. It would've been much later, seeing how I was stuck doing my own checking out process but the guy working there was really nice and helped bag all of it. I considered that a blessing. A huge one, actually. Home by 10:50. 7 trips and 13 minutes and 26 seconds later, I had the groceries in the apartment.

  I documented some things for remembering sake, since this will hopefully be the last time I have to start from complete scratch.

  This is what I was living off for 4.5 days plus leftovers from out to eat Saturday lunch and out to eat Sunday lunch. The pasta salad was a gift from one of the people that helped me move in. She knows I love hers when she makes it and honestly, without it, I would've been in trouble.

  
  (ugh, don't know how to rotate pictures in WP and too tired to figure it out, sorry)

  Round 1 of shopping on Tuesday for cleaning supplies etc (aka, things that could stay in the car and not go bad).

  

  Round 2 started off well...almost like I was going to be a vegetarian. I am excited to have the control of what is in my place to eat, cooking and things.

  

  However, if I knew it was going to get this ridiculous. I wouldn't have started with the fresh product at the beginning. I literally walked up and down every aisle. Did I mention, I had nothing?

  

  

  You know those ideas you have and then half way through, you think this was stupid but you're half way through, so you finish anyway. That's how I felt at 11:30 PM last night...seeing how I still had to put it all away. For some reason, I wanted to document what all of it unpacked looked like. #badlifedecision

  

  Here's a picture of the receipts....the extra long one is the food one. Cray Cray! Never again.

  

  The damage was this and believe me, I cringed.

  First trip: $150.65
  Second trip: $396.83
  Then HAD to get gas afterwards, I had already been driving which was kind of the nail in the coffin: $57.30

  Total in one night.
  $604.78

  I hate spending money (on me) but knew it had to happen. I didn't "shop around" and "coupon" at all because in all honesty, I didn't have the time. Maybe in the future but for now...that was the damage. I had specific ingredients for some recipes I wanted to make but it was just too confusing to try to do that as well as just generally shop. So that's on hold. It's just shocking to me all the stuff that is needed and I know there are still other things on my list. #notime I can see now how this all is easier if I just got married. Registering and showers plus wedding gifts would've lessened a lot of this blow on the wallet (all this stuff plus furniture and...the list goes on). Oh well, you can't win them all and I'm very content with where I am.

  I digress. Once all these initial costs are out of the way, things should smooth out. For now, I'm exhausted. I seriously do not know what I was thinking. Moving, ArtPrize, Birthday...amongst life (BSF, church stuff)...that won't happen again. I have a ridiculous amount of things to do for church in my inbox, which honestly just have to be put on hold for right now...or I'll end up forgetting to put on a bra . Bring on the rest of this week and ArtPrize.

  • 12:37 pm
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