Save save save

So this week I went into total save mode! I visted my friend Alison's new townhouse last weekend and was so jealous that she didn't have to hear footsteps overhead or people flushing toilets late at night that I decided I need to get serious about saving my money to eventually buy a place of my own. Now this is only the first week of my savings plan, but I feel good about this one. I pulled up my spending report in wells fargo (which if you have wellsfargo it's super duper handy to see what areas you spend the most money in) and started calculating what areas I need to decrease and eliminate spending. Now being the awesome accountant that I am I've found this extremely exciting and fun to keep track of exactly what I'm spending and in what catagory. Every night this week I log into my bank account and make sure I haven't overspent my limit for the week in that particular category then I update my color coded spreadsheet so I can keep track of exactly what's going on=). I know i'm a nerd, but if it works then that would be awesome because a house would just be the ultimate accomplishment to me right now (eventually i'm sure having a baby will be a bit more satisfying, but just not on that road yet=)). So we'll see how long I can stay on this plan, since I am kind of a shopper.

Snowboarding

So I have found my new favorite outdoor activity, SNOWBOARDING!!! This year for Christmas Rion bought me my own board, bindings and boots and they of course all match one another and are super cute (below is a picture)!!! I've only been once before I got my board and remembered hating it because I was cold and couldn't stop falling. So I kinda had mixed feelings when I opened the gift, but I had told Rion that I would definitely give it another try since he's really into it. So Jake, Rion, Mary and I all piled in the car on New Years Eve night and drove up to Mt. Hood to snowboard the night away since the lifts were open until 2AM! Well it was a little slow going when I first got up there and i was terrified of falling, but it ended up being soooo much fun (might have been a couple of the drinks I had to loosen me up, hey it was New Year's Eve time to celebrate=)) By the end of the night I could go the entire run without falling and I was able to still keep up with Rion. I was so proud of myself and had so much fun that we all ended up going back up the following Sunday. This time was not as enjoyable.....I think I might have been a little too confident and we decided to try a steeper slope on our first run....well of course it was maybe 5 minutes down that I caught the inside of my board and flew forward and of course I put my arms out to catch myself. I luckily didn't break anything, but just tweaked my right shoulder so bad that I wasn't able to move it for a few days without this horrible pain shooting through my arm and back...a week later and it still hurts to rotate it. So I might have to break down and go see a doctor to make sure i'm not making it worse. But long story short even though I hurt myself I am ready to go up there again and i'm hoping sooner then later because it's a ton of fun and such a great work out=)!!