Finances

I just got my power bill, and I am now sitting in candlelight.  According to the digital meat thermometer, my apartment has been a comfortable 64 degrees (that's sarcasm - I'm freezing), and the power bill was still twice what I had budgeted.  I've been coveting a pair of wicked good slippers from LL Bean, but they are ridiculously expensive, so I found a cheaper pair on Amazon that have good reviews.  Now I'm just waiting for enough Power Play points from people at work to trade in for another Amazon gift card.  And I'm thinking that I should exercise more.  Like my dad says, "If you're not warm it's because you're not working hard enough."  While I'm whining, my rent renewal is going to be an extra $25 a month, and they raised the laundry prices.  And I just got my car's cracked windshield replaced.

The headaches have been pretty manageable lately, though.  Frequency has gone down, intensity up.  Always a price to pay.  The diet is still effective, although I've been too tired to eat a lot lately, so I've been dropping weight again.  Which I didn't notice, until three people brought it up in the same week.  Maybe that's another reason the cold is getting to me so much.  I've started taking a bath every night just before bed so that my feet unthaw enough for me to get to sleep.  Life is so tricky sometimes.  Luckily, I enjoy candlelight.