March Monday Musings

at Monday, March 04, 2013 | 3 comments

Hey all- new week in a new month! Here's some blog/non-blog musings to start the month's posts off! And yes, I do know that March 1st was last Friday but I was busy posting my Top 5 list and Loot Crate review that I didn't have time to do this post!

- I think goals are super important and opposed to just a bunch of resolutions at the start of the year I wanted to make monthly focuses! My focus of February? Health. And it went... ok. I still have some Dr. appts to schedule like my first "annual" physical since HS maybe? I did better with diet/exercise but the past few days have been a mess. I performed at a luncheon on Th aka no control over food, was sickly F and splurged a bit, then my church job had a run-out concert S where we were treated to a Mexican feast and yesterday after my hazy three services I cantored at (I work at a Catholic Church as a cantor/section leader fyi) I WAY pigged out!! Girl Scout Cookies are the devil! Anyway, I am back on the horse- 2 steps forward, 2 step back and all that.

Image credit: girlscouts.org Pure evil!

- I am continuing Health goals (which I would have done anyway) and one of the best ways is to start each day drinking hot lemon water. Seriously, it is amazing for you. Beautify yourself from the inside out- check out the benefits here. I had mine this morning. Mmm yummy metabolism boost!

- March's goal? Finances! Yes- gotta get that in check! Taxes shall be accomplished this month (I am dreading the awful amount I know I owe). We've been trying to really record our spending habits the past few weeks (mainly on food) and will get on a better budget! This may impact my box load but I'm hoping not since I have been really good at only using coupon/promo codes recently and planning on canceling some boxes I haven't been thrilled with.

- A big shout-out to my my Mom. Yep, I don't think she reads this but whatever- shout-out. The first year I lived in Texas I got into TWO car accidents- yep TWO- both were not my fault. The first I was rear-ended hard by a high-school who wasn't paying attention since he was changing his iPod- distracted driving is the worst! And my car was totaled... Second accident: Truck turning left in front of us while we were going through a green light - he also admitted fault right away (so lucky)- I went to the ER and my car was also totaled. These were within 4 months of each other. Leaving me with two claims to stress about, loads of chiro appointments, and no car for 4 months. The 1st claim was settled eventually and they were a great company but the second has been an awful experience and I was at a loss. Enter my mother. She took care of it all and as of this Sat- the claim is settled and the check has cleared. A big sigh of relief. Please- no more car accidents for me- I've had three total (first was also a rear-end and he was also changing his iPod).

- On to Blog schtuff!!! I have a new Giveaway I have finally settled on! It MAY be posted today... or tomorrow. Depends on my productivity level today! This may be my only post today since I have free time today and want to work on my sub list!

- NEW boxes!!! This month I am trying Pink Beryl, TheFancy Food Box, Nature Box, Nail Art Society, Bulu Box Weight Loss & Bulu Box, and Hammock Pack! I'm pretty sure that is all of them!!! What?!?! Aren't you poor?!? I'm glad you asked! 3 of them I used codes and got for FREE and 3 I used codes to get them at least 50% off, I only paid full price for Hammock Pack. I want to try all the boxes! And yes- these may not be my "dream" boxes but each month I want to at least try one box I really like and this month that is HP. Some of these links are my referral links but head over to my sub list to get the codes for these suckers!

- Also, I have NOT canceled any boxes yet- I was charged SUPER early for TheFancy and then I missed canceling PopSugar so I'm getting my usual boxes for at least one month although I did skip this month's Julep to save a bit.

- My last musing: I have wanted to OVERHAUL my layout since I started my blog but haven't had time and I am making it a priority this month so look for changes as they come!

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