Catching up part 2

Hey blog family.  I know you guys didn't think I'd be posting again so soon huh? Well we've got the new schedule to thank for that.  I'm praying that after my month of having Saturday off HR decides to make it permanent.  It's so gravy not having to worry about waking up on the weekend having to go to work.  That's really going to suck in the Winter time, which I'm definitely not looking forward to. 

Speaking of winter...someone PLEASE PLEASE help me out with this one.  Can someone explain the logic behind the short sleeve sweater.  I'm in serious need of winter clothes and all I can seem to find is short sleeve sweaters.  That's SO stupid to me.  If I'm cold and want to wear a sweater WHY OH WHY would I want my arms to be cold.  Makes no sense to me.  I don't know if I keep finding them because of the fall season and it not being quite cold enough yet, or what the deal is, but it's truly getting on my LAST nerve.  I went online and Victoria Secret has some really in expensive cute ones, and of course I found one that was SOOOOO cute, minus the short sleeves.  UGH!!!! I'm always SO cold at work and I can't stand it.  I need a space heater or something but I'm sure they'd take issue with that.  So most likely it's out of the question.  I HATE WINTER!!!!  We really need to move back south.  I miss Georgia so much.  

I really have no clothes and with winter right around the corner I'm in serious need of a shopping spree.  Unfortunately the budget wont allow for that right now. OOOOO!!!! Speaking of budgets guess what yall, I just saved a bundle on our car insurance.  I Love All.state.  For the life of me I can never remember if we have All.state or State.farm.  I actually had to go look at an invoice for confirmation.  Tee hee. 

So anyway, we have been so mad since getting the  car back in April cause for the van and car we ended up having to pay $300 a month.  I know it went up because of the 2 tickets I've gotten in the last year, one of which I KNOW I shouldn't have gotten.  I'm still peeved about that one, but what can you do?  So I called our agent back in May or June and we're trying to figure out what we can do to lower our rate.  At the time there wasn't much but they ended up giving us a discount because I drive so few miles to work ever day.  It wasn't much, but hey, it was less than what we were paying.  She ends up calling us a few weeks back leaving a message wanting to talk to me about how to lower our premium, and when I called back she was gone for the day so I ended up talking to another agent at their office.  We ended up do a few adjustments to our policy and then added renters insurance and their motor club since we no longer have triple.A and I'm famous for locking myself out the car.  So after all was said and done we were paying only like 10$ less a month and now we have another bill because we added the renters, which is only a few buck a month, but STILL. 

So then I get another call from the agent that had initially called, her name is Nichole and she's telling me she knows we've made some adjustments but she re-ran our policy so come next month we're only going to be paying like $200 a month.  WOOOO HOOOOO!!!!! I'm so happy.  That's going to help us so much.  I LOVE THEM.  I'm telling you good customer service is fabulous!!!! The other thing I love about them is we get this loyalty bonus so everytime our policy renews that first payment is reduced by a certain percentage.  Last time we renewed I think I was reduced by like $70 or $80 bucks.  We have another bill that will be paid off next month so that will give us an extra $300 plus that we can save.  YEAY!!!! 

Ok, now about this fast thing I'm doing that I mentioned in my previous post....  I think I blogged about it when I did it the first time but I cant really remember.  It's called master.cleanse.   It takes a lot of discipline, which I have none, but the first time I managed to do it for almost 3 weeks.  I'm telling yall it was so  hard having to cook for the family and not be able to eat.  It made me realize that I don't eat because I'm hungry, I eat just because I LOVE food and the way it tastes.  I eat sometime because I'm bored or if I'm watching a movie I FEEL like I have to be eating something.  When I'm at work at my desk I feel like I constantly need to be snacking and those damn vending machines with these danishes that I crave doesn't help.  Plus the have 25 cent soda which is hard not to get. 

SO anyway, when I did it the first time, and I actually managed to not cheat one bit I lost like ten or eleven pounds.  I was so proud of myself.  Plus I was going to the gym, but mainly only doing cardio.  I had more energy and was able to sleep peacefully through then night, not tossing and turning from my freaking back pain that I have.  I ended up quitting because of the 4th of July.  I was like there is no WAY I'm going to the inlaws and be around ALL that food and not eat.  So when I stopped I just never managed to pick it back up. So I'm starting again and I'm telling yall, I'm about to be a new person.  All the unhealthy foods we've been eating are out the window. I'll keep everyone updated on my progress and you all can be my encouragement.  So if you feel I'm slipping give me a virtual kick in the butt.  Lol.  If someone wants to buddy up with me and try it let me know.

Everyone have a good week.  Peace and Blessings

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