Victims of the money crunch...

No, not me per say. I will not consider myself a victim, not in the slightest. The victims I speak of are the things that I have given up due to our recent decrease in income. (Kel was let go as GM of an Arby's and hired on as a GM of an Ihop) I like pancakes sooo much more than Roast Beef anyway, bleh. What I will miss, is the delicious fountain Pepsi I occasionaly splurged on at Arby's. They and Taco Bell have The Best Pepsi EVER. Period. But since I refuse to patronize Arby's ever again, and the line at Taco Bell is always ridiculously long I have done away with the fountain Pepsi.

In addition to that, I'm done with soda in general. Not only because it's bad for me (180 calories in a can? So not worth it) but because the reusable 32 ounce plastic container from Wal-Mart was $2.50 and water is free from the tap. That makes sense to even me.

Another victim? My hair. My poor roots are at least 2 inches grown out. I haven't had it cut in months...like 5 months. The cut I'm not so much worried about, as I was planning on growing my hair out anyway. The color however, I'm not thrilled about at all. It's Spring, closing in on summer, and I don't have my summery blonde highlights with a splash of burgundy thrown in for an interesting touch. I still have my winter shade of chocolate lowlights with the blonde hilights. Not Cool.

I also have been relegated to wearing my glasses full time. This, I am particularly not happy about. I love my contacts, and I want them back. But new ones just aren't in the budget right now. I miss them, and I am totally over the studious hot chick look I'm sporting. (yes I'm saying I'm studious and hot...get over it. My imagination wouldn't lie about how I look...)

My beloved Tap class. I miss it too. Fortunately not as much, since my favortie teacher, Michelle, was not teaching this year. That made it a tad easier to give up. Not that I don't like Diana, I really do. But I'm a grown woman, and I'd rather dance to top 40 and pop, and have a raucus good time with other women as nutty as me, instead of dancing to Jazzy music that I don't know and seriously focusing on technique. (I'm not big on the whole 'focus' idea)

Shopping in general has also gone on hiatus. I LOVE to shop. Hmm, that could be part of the reason that other things have had to be given up. Nonsense, that's crazy talk. I can't even go and browse. I'm not a good window shopper. I can't remember the last time I walked out of Target empty handed. I have good intentions of just killing time and looking, but there's always that one thing I can't live without. And it's only $7.99. Unfortunately, 5-7 items that are only $7.99 add up to quite a bit more rather quickly. That's a lesson I can't seem to learn, no matter how many times I make the mistake.

ok...the hubby just showed up with a $20.00 gift card for Applebee's...so I must be off for some seldom had quality time! Yay!