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Ready for your 2023 Planner? Careful!

I made this mistake last year so I speak from a place of experience. Back to school fever hits and I start looking for next year’s planner. My planner holds my life together and I won’t even try to live without one.

Planning calendar with flowered cover — Watch those planner dates!

Watch the Planner dates!

The shelves are full of planners right now so it seems like a really good idea to grab one while there’s tons of choice. But take the time to notice the dates because every single one I looked at for the last two weeks has been for the academic year and not the calendar year.

I made that mistake last year and ended up buying a new one after the first quarter when I realized mine had no August – Dec. It created a lot of work trying to move important things from one to another.

Most planners on the shelf right now go from July to June or July, not December.

Price of Chocolate

We’re all dealing with inflation (and a host of other things) but I found a tiny silver lining today. I have been battling my sugar addiction forever, but in a serious life-or-death mode since March.

I realized why grocery shopping today that my frugal nature kicks into overdrive at certain price increases and candy is currently out-of-sight price-wise. Which protects me from myself because it’s so easy to keep walking when a large bag of M&Ms is $10+. The image below is for the smallest “fun size”.

I did read yesterday that Hershey’s is saying they can’t meet the fall demand for candy that is Halloween in the USA. They are managing normal everyday supply, but their seasonal lines are just not up and running yet. So I might even be able to skip “Half-price candy day” Nov 1st.

Image is a yellow M&Ms fun size bag with a price of $3.99 for the fun size — It’s easier to avoid sugar when I have been priced out of the casual chocolate market.

Weather Whine

I just saw a Facebook meme that perfectly captures today’s experience:

“Summer didn’t even say Bye. B***h just packed up her shit and left.”

I was doing the September thing… Labor Day means thinking about shoes and long pants again. Think ahead about fall activities instead of just moaning about the heat and over-watering the flowers.

BUT we went from beautiful to cold, wet, ugly overnight. And in my world, anything I notice in the way of weather is not fun.

Charge It!

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I’m getting a little better about checking the charge on my fit tracker (It’s a Jawbone UP2).

It’s not THE big name brand one, so I have to learn things one-at-a-time. Today I took it off, set up the little charger thing and then turned on the device that has the easiest access USB port. And wandered off.

Every step I took reminded me that I should check to see if it was ready to put back on – I was missing steps! All the way out to the dumpster. Back and forth to the fridge. Even clear over to the recycling bins.

So I remembered to bop over to that side of the room and check. I. Never. Plugged. It. In. Must be Friday the 13th.