Finally Friday

My friends. This day took forever to get here! I'm not going to lie, this week was pretty rough. Mostly emotionally, but I'm sure a majority of it has been pregnancy emotions. Between little things going wrong here and there at work, forgetting to take the trash out yesterday [Stupid I know, but now we're stuck with it for a whole extra week! Rough when you're trying to become a minimalist.], and now Aurora is home with an awful cold, I'm glad this week is coming to an end. First world problems, I know.

Jose has the weekend off, so we'll have some much needed family time together, which I always look forward to. We have pizza planned for dinner tonight, we're celebrating my mom's birthday tomorrow night, and a lazy Sunday [minus grocery shopping + meal prep]. This is pretty much my perfect type of weekend. Let's start it off right with some Friday favorites, shall we!?

On the music front, blasting more 90's jams this week. If you know me, you know I've been fangirling over Nirvana since 2014. I think around the time the 20th anniversary of Kurt's murder death, all things Nirvana started to resurface and I became obsessed. Don't get me wrong, I've always liked their music, but I was also 8-ish when they were big and didn't appreciate their music for what it was. All Apologies has always been one of my favorite songs and ever since downloading their Unplugged album, I can hardly stop listening to it. The entire album is pure greatness. I love acoustic music anyway, but the songs are super chill and, of course, that voice.

And just for fun, here's the whole concert they did on MTV. I definitely remember seeing parts of it in between music videos and episodes of Daria. Yes, I was still in elementary school at the time, but my parents rock for allowing me to pollute my mind with MTV. Although it provided me no skills whatsoever in the music/rhythm departments, I can "name that tune" like no other. Also, can I get an Amen! that the 90's where the very best of times!?!?

You know what else I love? My Orca cooler cup. Seriously, this thing is amazing. Ya know how, if you're trying to drink a lot more water, people say to find a water bottle you really like? Well, this is mine. The ice stays ice all day long, so my water is always ice cold. So refreshing - just the way I like it!

I've also had my eye on this faux quilted leather jacket basically since the beginning of time. Lemme tell ya folks, that mom guilt is real over here. My wardrobe pretty much sucks these days because I never don't feel guilty for buying anything for myself. [Yes, I realize there's some type of grammatical error with that last sentence. I'm too lazy to think it through right now. Leave me alone.] If you knew me pre-kid, you know I was an absolute savage when it came to clothes. Especially a good pair of jeans. I would stop at nothing, basically up until the day I had Aurora, for a good pair of jeans. But throw the kids, and now a house, into the mix and I just cannot justify anything that's just for me. Aurora is usually the one that benefits most from this, but house stuff is for all of us, so I can justify that too. Maternity clothes I'm okay with because I literally had to get a few bigger things, but even those are iffy because I'll only be wearing them for a little bit longer.

Speaking of being cheap, did I tell you Jose and I are on our, like, 27th year of doing Dave Ramsey? Not really, but we started a few years ago, when we were still poor and living in our apartment. Could barely maintain our emergency fund because something always came up. Then we both got better jobs (total game changer!) and were moving right along. Then we bought our house and fell off track last year. Was it financially the best time for us to buy a house? Probably not. But, we did. We're in love with our house, and we have no regrets. So, here we are. We're sticking to a budget - a tight one! - and I'm so proud of how we're doing with it. It's amazing how much money you seem to have left over when you know just where every last dollar is going. If you're able to recognize you're spending way too much in one area during the month [as opposed to the end] and can go back and revise, it's so much easier! Anywho, I'm pretty sure everyone and their mama has heard of Dave Ramsey, but we did the Financial Peace University class and read Total Money Makeover and found both extremely helpful. Also, I still use the Monthly Cash Flow worksheets, though I've revised them to fit our expenses. 

Mmmm-k, friends! TTFN (Did anyone else use acronyms for literally everything when they wrote notes to their friends in middle school!?)

P.S. Locals, it's Restaurant Week in South Bend! You know where to find me when I'm not on the couch this weekend!

XO