I tend to start a new month by going "Yay! New Budget with lots of money in my categories!" By the end of the month, I'm watching my money more closely. Guess I'd better learn to do that at the beginning of the month too. My NSDs are adding up again, now that I have to watch the amounts I spend. I did have to rejigger the budget a little again--needed more in grocery and less in gifts. I'm slowly learning this.

Even with how tight the money seems right now, I have managed to put a little bit in savings. I'm rebuilding after draining all my savings and then some earlier this year. I have paid back the "then some," now I need to rebuild my savings. Baby steps, baby steps. I am so very glad that I had the savings to take care of the problem. It was the first time in my life that I had savings to take care of an issue and it was an awesome feeling. Now to get back to where I was.

I think I might have a chance to breathe this weekend. It looks like SO has some plans that don't include me, so I'm able to get some home-y stuff done. Also, the heat is supposed to break, which makes me very happy. I ran this morning at 6 AM and it was already 80 degrees. Urg. There was a breeze, so it wasn't horrible. I prefer to run in 65-70 degree weather.

On my way to work, I stopped at a house that had a free sign on a table full of squashes. I picked a ginormous zucchini and a small yellow squash. We didn't do veggies in my house growing up, so I'm trying to experiment with new to me veggies. I know that the zucchini will be good for bread, but I'm unsure what to do with the squash. I'm going to look for recipes for what to do with it. I believe I've had it before, just cut up into chunks and sauteed. It was pretty good. I love the price!

I believe I can extend my NSD streak into the weekend. I can't think of anything I need to buy. I will need to go grocery shopping at the beginning of next week and I'm hoping it is the last time to grocery shop for the month of July.