I had a fabulous weekend but for some reason I'm sort of blah today. Maybe it's let-down. Having a really great weekend doesn't make it easier to come back to work on Monday.

Of course, I'm only in for three days this week, but that's being offset by my low-grade anxiety about the future of my job. It's starting to look less and less likely that the Major Client, the one funding the Hell's Own Software project, is going to decide to stick with it. The DarkGlass study really isn't whizzing along, so it's not going to support me.

Sigh. I'm getting kind of sick of working for really small companies. I mean, I love the flexibility, but this being unemployed every third year thing is getting very old.

I'm getting very old myself and I was just setting up an automatic deduction savings plan to start putting away bigger chunks of my income toward my retirement. Now I need to squirrel away whatever I can in the next month or two against a potentially long stretch of unemployment.

Didn't write this weekend. It was a gorgeous sunny weekend, so I went out and enjoyed it.

In retrospect, I probably didn't actually need another new pair of shoes. Or those two painted boxes that I thought would be pretty in my bedroom and perfect for storing...something in. Today will be another expensive one. I have a hair appointment this afternoon, which means about $85.

I spend too much money. I'm going to experiment with a 30-day Fiscal Austerity program.

I mean, I cannot believe I bought another pair of shoes this weekend, after I stood there and counted up that I already owned five pair of black shoes. I've been brooding over that. (I'm wearing my new shoes, and they're lovely, but that's not the point.)

Resolutions:

No more books until I've read what I have.
No more DVDs (except for the two I have pre-ordered).
No more buying movies on the off-chance they might entertain me.
No more underwear until what I have needs replaced.
No more shoes until some of these wear out.
No more shirts until ditto.
No more make-up until I wear some of what I already have.

At this moment, it's just ridiculous to say that I need to buy anything but food to eat.

So, for July, I'm going to try not to buy anything but food and bathroom/paper products (a necessity, as I'm sure you'll agree). It's an experiment. I think I might write down every time I don't buy something, just to see where the money would have gone, you know? (Note: This new program will begin after I return from the Familial Visit.)

Because I really do make plenty of money, so it's a mystery to me why I don't have any in savings.

Everyone needs a hobby. I shop.

I spent about $150 this weekend. The only thing I bought that I actually needed was the eyebrow pencil and I accidentally threw it away in the plastic bag, so now I have to buy another one.