As it turns out, Ben is frugal. Perhaps more so than me. And he's very vigilant at the checkstand... he caught when the cheese that was supposed to be $2 came up to $3.99 and insisted they lower the price. (The guy didn't even check... I usually go through his line and I've told him before that I prefer going through his line because he's always in a good mood. He told me that it doesn't help his customers if he's in a bad mood and it certainly doesn't help him to be grumpy all day long. Why can't...

I've got MRSA.

I'm ready for 2009 to be over. It's been a craptastic year for me. I feel like this: has been me this year.

I have all my stuff in the new place and am mostly set up. It took WAY more money that I thought it would, but not more than the "buffer" I gave myself. I would've rather saved that money but I had it in case I needed it (and I did).

I just didn't realize how expensive some basic household things had become and a few things went missing that had to be replaced. And gas for the U-haul? I don't drive and when I saw how much we put in the truck (my friend filled it), I nearly...