It's almost official. I'm moving out of my parents' home and in to my own place.
I'm extremely excited to by furniture and start painting. Craigslist will be my bestest friend. If you have stuff you want to get rid of, I'm your gal. Decorating on a budget. This doesn't mean I'm going to accept crap. I'd rather have one nice, comfy chair than five worn bean bags. The best part about growing up is that I'll finally be able to upgrade to a grown up bed. Goodbye single mattress with my 1/2 of a bunkbed frame!

I may not have a lot of money, but I still care enough not to do this.

banh mi from T & T
instant ramen noodle bowl
udon with dumplings and an egg
instant ramen noodle bowl
instant ramen noodle bowl
banh mi from T & T
sticky rice from T & T

Those have been my meals for the last few days.

I may be on a budget, but I don't think a proper meal requires me taking out a loan.
The least I could do is put some greens in. And by greens, I don't mean the kind that semi inflates with the addition of water.

Two weeks ago. Salmon, salad and mashed potatoes.
This cost me less than $7 to make. No excuses, Shannon. Come on!

Another goal achieved! I biked from my house to downtown Vancouver. Google maps estimated that I would complete the journey in 1 hour 22 minutes. I proved it wrong and did it in 1 hour 30 minutes... The ride didn't feel as long, but the climb up to around 37th wasn't pleasant. I wasn't able to enjoy the downhill ride to the Cambie Street bridge because the ease of the ride only led me to imagine the challenge of riding up it on my way home to Richmond. It's much steeper than the hill heading North, so even though I'm on a high to hit my goals, I don't think I'm going to try biking to Richmond any time soon. I still need to beat Google's expectation of 1:22.

This was my reward.

I am easing in to the lifestyle of a person carrying a mortgage. I don't have to do it yet, but I've started to figure out what my food situation will be like on my own. One thing I'm assured of is that I won't have to live off of instant ramen, although it will be part of my diet because I can't resist my instant ramen with egg combo. My first place for delicious savings is T & T... more like T & T after 7:30pm, because all the "deli" food is marked down! Throw the Miss Cheap Ass sash on me, I don't care! It's marked down food, but it's not like they're selling sushi that was packed at 8am in the morning.

I was very happy with the $2.50 dinner from T & T, so much so that I wasted $4 on a bubble tea. I'm still learning.


P.S. One downfall of T & T is that since their deli area is huge, I usually end up spending over 15 minutes picking up and putting back items as I have a hard time figuring out exactly what my stomach wants that day. For example yesterday, I picked up a pack of california rolls four times and walked around the store with it once before picking up the banh mi. And that was after I almost convinced myself that I needed half a pound of soy sauce chicken to myself.

Insanity. Think P90X. Another one of those video exercises with ripped men and women smiling and yelling at you to "DIG DEEPER". I prefer Insanity because the only equipment you need is a water bottle. No money spent! (yes, I downloaded the videos)
It's supposed to be a seven day workout, but out of four days this week, I've completed two work outs. I blame it on my sore muscles from a day of Ultimate and my laziness.

This is Tanya. Sean T calls her "The Machine". I look just as cool as her when I go full Insanity. Minus the abs.
I prefer activities such as this- napping in the sun.

So, work happened. I still had free time after work, but I spent most of it sleeping or sitting on my ass, catching up on hours of television.

That and I went to Vegas.

My first Cheese Cake Factory visit. I love my tuna tartare.
We had a 9pm flight, but we still got to catch 2.5 periods of Game 1 (R3).
Not like I have to say it, but I went to the big buffet at Planet Hollywood. I was so excited for the food that I almost paid the extra $12 to jump the line. Snow crab, now!

I'm not ashamed. I've been to two Canucks games this year (as the second ticket), watched about three whole games on the TV, and caught periods throughout the season. When it comes to the post season, I always give the extra effort and make time for the games. So yes, I CHASE THE BANDWAGON. I like the Canucks and I don't think there's anything wrong with the city gathering more support during the playoffs. I do this with any sport. I use to watch every Dallas Mavericks game, but now I check the scores or I watch a few playoff games. Yankees, I like baseball but I'll admit it's slow, so you'll only see me there in the best of 7s. In tennis, I'll watch a couple early rounds, but the most exciting games are in the finals. You have to admit, things get a bit more interesting near the end. It's no wonder more people show up at the pubs than usual during playoffs. So calm down. Most of us are not pretending to be die hard Canucks fans, and we're not going to take "The Most Loyal Fan" title away from you (we're not even going to challenge it). We want to be part of the excitement in Vancouver, and most of all, we just want to cheer for the Canucks. So stop yelling at me, I'm trying to watch the game!