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Last Day Of My Budget

Ok.  So today is my last day of my budget.  Woo.  That means tomorrow I'll be going to the grocery store to buy lots of fun things... Like fancy coffee.  Well, not THAT fancy.  I'll probably try that New England coffee brand.  I think I've had their coffee maybe once on my way up to Maine one time when I stopped at the rest stop on the Mass Turnpike for gas.

I'm decently stocked for food but I do need a couple of little things.

Last night I went out with the yoga peeps for some drinks.  It was fun.  I had about 15 bucks left in cash in my wallet in addition to the 20 left on my card.  I'll be using the 20 tonight...  So last night I had to be kind of 'cheap'.  I was going to maybe order a little bit of food, but I decided against it.  Instead I just packed a Cliff bar.  That was basically my post yoga, pre going out snack.

Cliff bars are not the best for like... 5 star dining options.  But they satiate pretty well.  And for the price (usually you can find them on sale at some point somewhere and just load up on them) they are a pretty decent on the go food source bang for the buck.  Beats paying like 12 bucks for an appetizer...

So I had a Cliff bar before I went out with everyone.  So my 15 bucks wasn't going to go very far.  I opted to stick with some cheap beer.  My choice: Corona Light.

It's fairly affordable but it's better tasting than the other "fairly affordable" beer options, at least in my opinion.  Plus it comes with a lime for no extra cost!  Why not just get a regular corona you ask?

Regular Corona is fine with a dinner... But for some reason when I haven't eaten more than a Cliff bar... It just makes my stomach feel a little more blah... after a while.  Especially if I'm going to be there a few hours and have more than one pint.  If I have the light one... I can have a couple and it's no big deal.  I'm fairly certain both have similar ABV but I think the light one might have a slightly lower amount of alcohol.  I'll have to compare them some time.  I don't know, the light one is just... A little more refreshing to me versus the extra.  I think they cost about the same though.  I feel like light beers should cost less than their weighted counterparts.  But unless their's a special of some sort happening or a happy hour... They usually don't seem to.

Ok, so... Why Corona at all?  Well, my choice for Corona more recently is because... I'm a shareholder.  Their parent company, at least when it comes to distribution rights here in the US, is a company called Constellation Brands.  STZ is the stock ticker... So by buying some Corona, in a VERY tiny way, I'm paying myself.  It's almost like the 2 percent cash back I get on my credit card.

A penny saved (or paid to yourself) is a penny earned.

Of course after I got home from the bar I decided to have 2 multigrain waffles with Kerrygold Irish butter and some real maple syrup for dinner.  After having a couple of Corona Lights... That really hit the spot.  Then I went to sleep.

Tonight I've successfully made it to date number 2 with a girl.  Oh my god!  Yes.  It's true.  So there goes my other 20 bucks.  2 beers for each of us on my card to close out my budget at breakeven point.

There's a couple other girls that I've been chatting with on the dating site... That I REALLY have an interest in at least grabbing coffee with or something and meeting.. I haven't met any of them in person yet.  Although one girl I've been talking to that I actually kind of really like... lives in Kansas or something.  So that's not really all that practical to date her.  But I like chatting with her.  I was supposed to talk on the phone Thursday night with one that I actually was super interested in.  She's nearby over in Princeton.  I gave her my number to call me and she never called...  She hasn't responded to messages on the site since either... SO I'm just going to consider her "ghosting".  I guess she got cold feet, or she met another guy and decided to go with him instead.  Or she just got scared or nervous.  Who knows.

This happened last month to a girl I wanted to meet for coffee or a beer or whatever that lived only like 10 minutes away.  She works at the seminary school nearby... We were messaging back and forth, I was starting to get excited and I asked her if she'd like to meet possibly...

No response.  I sent 3 follow up messages... All of them were shown as "read".  No response.

Most of the time you never know... They just kind of fade away back into oblivion and you are just left wondering...

Then you start talking to the next girl and just go with that as long as it lasts until they fade off into oblivion as well.  Or sometimes you become friends when the dating doesn't work out.  Like Monday night a friend that I met YEARS ago on the dating site is coming over to hang out and have margaritas with me since apparently it's national margarita day or something.  We're just going to try our hand at mixing and blending our own margaritas.  Hopefully the blender doesn't blow up.

So it's either oblivion or friends.

Although the ones that you always have the most interest in... Usually end up in oblivion.  I guess for some guy out there they don't end up in oblivion.  Obviously they are picking guys to date... Just not me. So they decided to give me the cold shoulder while they open their door and heart to "Mr.Right".  I just wish I would be Mr. Right for at least one of the girls that makes my heart skip a beat when I see a new message from them... Or new text... Or talk to her on the phone or hear her voice... Or see her in person.

It's tiring always having to start over with someone new.