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A February To Do List

A February To Do List

Posted on February 18, 2008 in miscellaneous, relationship, spending

You know, I’m really proud of BF. When we first started dating, he was such a free spirit with his money … and while I don’t think he’ll ever become as penny-obsessed as me, I have noticed that his financial thought process has changed. He even created a little budget for himself, and I find that he’s weighing the pros and cons of purchasing things now. Some things. He’s still pretty spontaneous, and it’s still shocking sometimes … but that’s probably just because I think buying a little block of mozzarella cheese when it’s not on sale is quite a scandalous PF thing to do. Which is what I did yesterday when grocery shopping. I like to live life on the edge.

I have a list of things that I need to do, but I’ve been avoiding them because most of them cost money. Money that I don’t really have to spare at the moment … but these things need to get done by the end of the month:

buy a broom

buy a hand held vacuum. I don’t have room for an upright, and I also don’t have much carpet to clean. For some reason that just sounds dirty. Which is why I’m buying a vacuum. hahaha oh, I am so not funny this morning.
stitch up a pair of pants. A seam split, so I just have to sew it back up. I hope I brought my little sewing kit with me to Vancouver.
get the sleeves of a coat let out. I’m not sure if my arms grew in length, or if I just prefer coats with longer sleeves now.
get 2 or 3 pairs of pants dry cleaned. I’ve never had them dry cleaned before. Meaning I’ve never washed them before. Is that gross? I guess I’m not really shining a very good light on myself today. My pants are splitting, my arms are growing, and I don’t wash my clothing.
hem a pair of pants. I bought them about 2 months ago, and they’re just sitting at home back on the island. I need to get them fixed up so I can at least wear them.
send back a pair of shoes that I ordered online at Zappos for my sister. They are too big, so I’ll have to return them, as they don’t even sell them anymore. Darn!
make a doctor’s appointment/renew my prescription. I have a family doctor back home on the island, and I really like him. He’s a family friend, and I’ve been seeing him my whole life. But I can only come home on the weekends, so it might be tough to see him, unless he’s open on Saturdays now. I really don’t want to get a new doctor.
make an appointment with my accountant. I want to get my taxes done ASAP. Fingers crossed that my last T-4 has come in the mail and is waiting for me back home.
call my friend in Michigan. I’ve been promising him that I’ll call, but the past 3 weeks have been so busy. It’s hard to find a few spare hours during the evening, especially considering the 3 hr. time difference. That’s no excuse though.