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jessica490
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Monday Accountability Post
1. How MM was your weekend?
2. Any progress towards goals?
3. What fall TV shows will be watching?
Re: Monday Accountability Post
1. $33 on gas and that's it!!
2. We put $1,000 towards our mortgage principle account, and $300 aside for a plumbing job we need to have done next week (probably won't even cost that much)
3. Can't wait for Blacklist tonight!, TrueTori 2, Couples Therapy, Kendra, Kourtney/Kloe take the Hamptons, Chicago Fire. Still watching Teen Mom 2, Long Island Medium, and Little People Big World. Don't laugh
1. How MM was your weekend?
Good! Paid cash for everything using mad money. We spent $70 on groceries, which was awesome. We're getting much better at limiting our overages in groceries. We also went $10 over on gas for the month's budget by spending another $30 on gas this week. I raised next month's budget for gas and took some money away from credit card payments for this month to even out the overage. My budgeting is still a work in progress.
2. Any progress towards goals?
Yes! Paid $111 to credit cards this week, which is great for us. We'll finish off the budgeted payments this Friday!
3. What fall TV shows will be watching?
I'm dying for Parenthood to come back. I'm so sad it's the last season!
1. How MM was your weekend? Pretty good- groceries ($112), clothes for the girls ($34), dinner with DH's parents ($50), Gas ($50)
2. Any progress towards goals? We decided not to get the super expensive rug- we'll keep looking for now.. it was tough to justify $2K on a rug for our bedroom. We did put 1 coat of paint on our bedroom walls- looks really nice. We're hoping to get the rugs picked out before we order a new mattress so that we can take everything out of the room, steam clean the floors, and set the new bed frame up. May be a few weeks out.
3. What fall TV shows will be watching? Oh geez- not much... DH's parents record Boardwalk for us, so we're watching that.
1. How MM was your weekend?
Friday $100-new running shoes
Saturday $105 grocery store, $80 TJMaxx (I cleared their clearance section of sports bras...finally getting rid of the ones I got 10 years ago at Target)
2. Any progress towards goals?
$950 to savings
3. What fall TV shows will be watching?
we watch Big Bang Theory and Once Upon a Time...and we'll be patiently waiting for season 5 of Downton Abbey
1. How MM was your weekend? Great! Friday was $45 on groceries and $115 for dog grooming (all budgeted). That was it.
2. Any progress towards goals? Not really, however we have been able to cash flow the major repair to H's car and a few other things that came up. We will likely be able to put some in at the end of the month though.
3. What fall TV shows will be watching? None. We got rid of cable/satellite.
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Clomid 50mg 9/13 = BFP! EDD 6/7/14 M/C 5w6d Found 11/4/13
1/14 PCOS / Gluten Free Diet to hopefully regulate my system.
Chemical Pregnancy 03/14
Surprise BFP 6/14, Beta #1: 126 Beta #2: 340 Stick baby, stick! EDD 2/17/15
Riley Elaine born 2/16/15
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1. How MM was your weekend? Good! $85 for groceries, and I think that was it.
2. Any progress towards goals? $900 into savings. woohoo!
3. What fall TV shows will be watching? Love fall tv shows! We will be watching Bob's Burgers and Modern Family on local channels. AND we will be buying the Walking Dead episodes on Google play when they come out.
1. How MM was your weekend? It wasn't great, but not terrible either. $25 for lunch with my cousin, $20 at Ikea for a shoe rack, $5 for froyo (my weakness), $30 for a dinner with H before he went to work Saturday night, and $35 for gas.
2. Any progress towards goals? Yes! Our non MM goal of getting new carpet in the basement has been officially completed, hence the need for the shoe rack. That's our main entrance. And I also starting an alotment of $100/pay check to go into savings. It's not much but it's more than I've been doing so I feel really good about it. H is about to start doing the same too!
3. What fall TV shows will be watching? I watch a bunch of trashy shows like Teen Mom, Law & Order SVU, etc. I just started watching Red Band Society and I love it already! I can't wait to watch Gotham too, I'm really hoping that's another good one.
ETA frozen yogurt. YUM.
1. How MM was your weekend? $18 on curtain rods and two new curtains to replace some ugly closet doors in our entryway. Thank heavens for clearance at target and Kohl's Cash!
2. Any progress towards goals? $46 towards student loans this week which means $4,522 to go!
3. What fall TV shows will be watching? Once Upon a Time. I was invited to have a Sunday girls night planned around it and I can't wait for it to all get started! Other than that I don't have cable so nothing.
Love: March 2010 Marriage: July 2013 Debt Free: October 2014 TTC: May 2015
1. How MM was your weekend? Not too bad, we treated my in State family and MIL/ SIL to lunch at Red Robin, that was $130 including tip. Other than that we paid cash for everything.
2. Any progress towards goals? Put $130 towards my credit card. I am hoping to have it paid off in November at the latest.
3. What fall TV shows will be watching? Big Bang and Agents of Shield are the two biggies that I like to watch. We DVR a bunch of others but a lot of the shows that MW and I like got cancelled or ended last year.
Not terrible. $85 on groceries, $50 at Target for randoms. $45 on a gift.
2. Any progress towards goals?
Just trying to get refocused.
3. What fall TV shows will be watching?
Probably to much. CSI/NCIS, Bones, Big Bang, Chicago Fire. Not sure what else.