Saving Money #LikeABoss

I'm going to a YA convention this weekend and super duper uber excited! I can hardly stand it! I get to meet my Facebooky friends! You wouldn't believe how many people I know from Facebook are going to be there, as well as some big names who probably couldn't care less who I am, but I digress.

I went to Wal*Mart yesterday to grab a belt to wear to the con. If anyone buys belts at Wal*Mart, you know the cheap ones run about $8. I knew this and was perfectly comfortable spending $8 on a belt that would probably give me at least $10 worth of wear. Haha! Just kidding. Kind of. When I got to the register and rang that sucker up? $3.18! Heck yes! That's what I'm talkin' about! I love it when I save money and wasn't planning to!

That's $5 for the house fund! *kicks heels*

The Long Distance Blues

Yes, I have those this weekend. Le Fiance has a football game this weekend and I can't go, for a few reasons.

1. I'm going out of town to a writer's event next weekend and I need to save as much money as I can for gas and books (the important things in life).

2. My car is 19 years old with 236,000 miles on it. I still need it to run and I don't know if it will make the trip, though it has served me well in the half-trips I've taken in the last month.

3. I'm supposed to stay home and man the fort, since the units are out of town for another day or two.

Long distance sucks. It really really really does.

Long Distance Relationships are NOT for the Weak of Heart

Before I met my fiance, I used to think (and this was my actual thought), "I think I'd rather be long distance because I'm pretty sure I'm going to get tired of being around one person all the time."

HA!

Before we were long distance (two years ago) I was starting to feel that way a little bit. I'm not going to go into detail, but we were going through some relationship stuff. It took six months for that to wear off and I've been miserable ever since.

Long distance is NOT for the weak of heart.

We just celebrated our seventh anniversary and we are currently house hunting. The plan is to move to him, since he has a lot going on where he lives and I can move myself and my business a lot easier than he can. But the last two years have been so hard. We have seen each other just about every three months for a day or two at a time. I'm ready, sooo ready, to move past this stage.