I finally got a day planner to go back to school, and now I’m using it to write down what I spend every day, and what I spend it on. According to the internet, this is how one should begin to develop a monthly budget. CNN Money has a series of articles on personal finance basics, and if you ignore the “stop buying expensive coffee” pap, they’re not so bad. Since I do my banking online and paying with a debit card, I also have a record of monthly spending that I can divide up by pertinent category (fun, food, bills, totally unnecessary, gifts).
But really I just wanted to show you my day planner. Isn’t it great? I got it from oh pangaea books at etsy, and life is a lot simpler now- all those lists I make in my head then forget? Now I write them down. lmoss, the bookmaker at oh pangaea, used a pretty sweet shiny binding paper too- not sure if you can see it shine in the photo- but it’s lovely.
Anyway. Simple pleasures.
You can also see the chair I’m reupholstering in the background there. Photos of all that and a discussion of craigslist fiascos later.
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