hooray

today's payday.

and the reason that those words aren't in all caps with 500 exclamation points behind it is because i did something last night that i haven't done ever.

i put myself on a budget.

gosh that hurt. i know, i know, i should have been on a budget long before this. but i wasn't. and i'm not about to go into the reason i wasn't. yes, there was a reason, and yes, it's really lame. but after hearing four sermons on money (thanks, dad), i felt convicted. really convicted. like i couldn't rest until i had all this stuff ironed out. so i wasted fifteen minutes looking aimlessly on the internet last night for some type of budget plan that would work for me. i finally got smart and called my dad. he told me exactly where to go (it'll be on his blog later, so keep checking) and together we put my money-spendin' self on a budget.

i hung up the phone depressed. i know this is smart. and i wouldn't be this depressed if i had done this a long time ago. i keep telling myself that it will get better. i know it will. and i realize that God will bless my efforts to better manage HIS money.

but growing up stinks.

to make matters worse, i didn't even have any dr. pepper at home to make myself feel better. and you'd better believe that dr. pepper is in the budget. i will do without a lot of things, but dr. pepper is not one of them, especially in my current depressed state!

so no more random trips to starbucks. no more fast food 3 times a week. (holy cow! i'm horrible!) no more just putting random things in my basket at wal-mart and h-e-b. i have a budget and i'm sticking to it! thank goodness this blog is free.

i think i'm gonna need a dr. pepper to keep up my strength.