Savings
By Sept 2017-$6000
By November 2017-$8000
January 2018-$11,500
by March 2018-12,500
-NO B & B CANDLES OR SCENTS PERIOD TILL SEPTEMBER 2017 -last bought 7-19
jul 19 2017 ∞ aug 4 2017 +
- Run Warrior Darh
- Apply to Teach for America
- Apply to grad school
- Get Halloween costume
- Decide on books for Ideal Bookshelf and take photos of them
- Christmas gift charity--likely Samaritan Center or water.org?
- Christmas gift for Calls
- Make dermotologist appointment
- At leat $3200 in savings by April 2012
- Borrow Kim books at Christmas
- Get cd player in car fixed
- Sort Tupperware
- Look into grad school--appointments, info?
- Pay for missed dental appointment
- Pay for gyno appointment
- Read 100 books
- Write 5 more reviews on goodreads
- FINISH DIARY
oct 10 2011 ∞ apr 22 2012 +
- The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
- Cheesemonger by Gordon Edgar
- At Large and At Small: Familiar Essays by Anne Fadiman
- My Freshman Year: What a Professor Learned by Becoming a Student by Rebekah Nathan
- What I Didn't See and other stories by Karen Joy Fowler
- The Cloister Walk by Kathleen Norris
- The Calling by Catherine Whitney
- An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and their Trial of Faith in the Western World's Most Austere Monastic Order by Nancy Klein Maguire.
- Mentor: A Memoir by Tom Grimes
- Half a Life by Darin Strauss'
- Jane Erye by Charlotte Bronte
- Whip Smart: A Memoir by Melissa Febos
- Geek Love by Katherine Dunn
- The Marriage Artist by Andrew Winer
nov 14 2010 ∞ jan 12 2015 +
- That Old Cape Magic by Richard Russo
- The Magicians by Lev Grossman
- Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
- Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
- Rhett Butler's People by Donald McCaig
- Commencement by J. Courtney Sullivan
- Official Book Club Selection by Kathy Griffin
- A Race Like No Other by Liz Robbins
- Comfort Food by Kate Jacobs
- Why Not Catch 21: The Stories Behind The Titles by Gary Dexter
- The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
- Oprah: A Biography by Kitty Kelley
- The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano
- How I Became A Famous Novelist by Steve Hely
sep 7 2009 ∞ mar 26 2016 +
- Devotion by Dani Shapiro
- The Possessed by Elif Batuman
- The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
- Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
- Faithful Place by Tana French
- The Pregnant Widow by Martin Amis
- The Lonely Polygamist by Brady Udall
- The Hole We're In by Gabrielle Zevin
- Lit by Mary Karr
- Going Rogue by Sarah Palin
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
- Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian
- In the President's Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect by Ronald Kessler
- Nobody Move by Denis Johnson
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Love and Other Impossible Pursuits by Aye...
mar 22 2010 ∞ jun 6 2017 +
- Cynthia Ozick
- Stephen King
- Erica Jong
- Karen Armstrong
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Azar Nafisi
- Rachel Cusk
- Wally Lamb
- Bill Bryson
- Harold Bloom
- David Foster Wallace
- Denis Johnson
jun 2 2010 ∞ jun 6 2017 +
feb 28 2010 ∞ mar 3 2012 +
- The Lord of the Ring by JRR Tolkien
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by JK Rowling
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
dec 7 2009 ∞ jun 7 2019 +
sep 27 2009 ∞ jun 13 2014 +
- Reese Witherspoon
- Rachel McAdams
- Maggie Gyllenhaal
- Amanda Seyfried
- Kerry Washington
- Zoey Deschanel
- Kat Dennings
feb 2 2010 ∞ mar 3 2012 +
- The whole Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer
- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
- Bitter is the New Black by Jen Lancaster
- The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho
- The Necklace by Cheryl Jarvis
- The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson
- My Life Among the Serial Killers by Helen Morrison
- A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick
- Run by Ann Patchett
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- Straight Man by Richard Russo
- An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke
- Choke by Chuck Palahniuk
apr 23 2010 ∞ oct 10 2011 +
- AFI
- Against Me!
- Anberlin x2
- Angels & Airwaves
- Beach Boys
- Blue October
- Chevelle
- Chicago
- Death Cab for Cutie
- Explosions in the Sky
- Green Day
- Hawthorne Heights
- Hootie and the Blowfish
- Jimmy Eat World
- Josh Ritter
- The Killers
- Langhorne Slim
- Ludo x4
- Manchester Orchestra
- Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
- Motion City Soundtrack
aug 26 2008 ∞ jul 4 2019 +
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- Pumpkin Pecan Waffles
- Limoncello
- Lemon Mint Leaf
- Night Time Tea
- Aromatherapy: Comfort (Vanilla Patchouli)
- Aromatherapy: Relax/Sleep (Lavender Cedarwood)
- Aromatherapy: Focus (Eucalyptus & Tea)
- Lavender Vanilla
- Cider Lane
- Waikiki Beach Coconut
- Pineapple Crumb Cake
- Blueberry Pie
- Flower Sgop
- White Opal
- Toasted Coconut
- Cinnamon Sugared Donut
- Apple Pumpkin Pancakes
- Winter Mint & Spruce
- Pumpkin Cinnamon Bun
sep 2 2017 ∞ dec 15 2019 +
- Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
- a. Animal’s People – Indra Sinha
- Saturday – Ian McEwan
- On Beauty – Zadie Smith
- Slow Man – J.M. Coetzee
- Adjunct: An Undigest – Peter Manson
- The Sea – John Banville
- The Red Queen – Margaret Drabble
- The Plot Against America – Philip Roth
- The Master – Colm Tóibín
- Vanishing Point – David Markson
- The Lambs of London – Peter Ackroyd
- Dining on Stones – Iain Sinclair
- Cloud Atlas – David Mitchell
- Drop City – T. Coraghessan Boyle
- The Colour – Rose Tremain
- Thursbitch – Alan Garner
- The Light of Day – Graham Swift
- What I Loved – Siri Hustvedt
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
may 8 2016 ∞ sep 24 2017 +
- Harry Potter Scene It
- More Beer Recipes
- Multiple Picture Frame from Target for apartment
- Wines--sweet red, Moscato, etc
- Gift card to Subway
- More framed photos of us
- A collage of us
- Gift certificate to home improvement type stores
- Audio books
- Table
- Coat rack
- Big Bang Theory dvds
- Cookbook of more "manly" stuff
- Hummingbird art
- Weber's Big Book of Grilling
- Decorative pillows
- Blanket
- Cologne from VS
- Berkman t shirt
jan 2 2011 ∞ mar 25 2012 +
- Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
- Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut
- How Starbucks Changed My Life by Michael Gates Gill
- Perfect Fifths by Megan McCafferty
- Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
- Second Helpings by Megan McCafferty (re-read)
- The Lazarus Project by Aleksandar Hemon
- The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World by A.J. Jacobs
- Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
- The Believers by Zoe Heller
- About the Author: A Novel by John Colapinto
- Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury
- Lipstick Jungle by Candace Bushnell
- The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing
- Possession by A.S. Byatt
mar 3 2009 ∞ oct 27 2019 +
- Run by Ann Patchett
- I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
- Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
- The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
- How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship & Musical Theater by Marc Acito
- The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
- Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble
- Before Green Gables by Budge Wilson
- Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates
- The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith
- Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis
- The Post Birthday World by Lionel Shriver...
sep 7 2008 ∞ sep 2 2016 +
- One Day by David Nicholls
- The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
- Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- The House of Tomorrow by Peter Bognanni
- The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
- The Reason for God: Belief in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
- Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
- Losing my cool: How a Father's Love and 15,000 books Beat Hip-hop Culture by Thomas Chatterton Williams
- Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison by Piper Kerman
- Notes from the Cracked Ceiling: Hillary Clinton, Sarah Palin, and What it will Take for a Woman to Win by Anne E. Kornblut
- Trading Up by Candace Bushnell
- The Mysterious Benedict Society by Trent Lee Stewart
aug 8 2010 ∞ jul 4 2019 +
- Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
- One Perfect Day: The Selling of the American Wedding by Rebecca Mead
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
- Fates Worse than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980's by Kurt Vonnegut
- Charlotte and Emily by Jude Morgan
- Before You Know Kindness by Chris Bohjalian
- Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris
- American Wife by Curtis Sittenfield
- Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman
- Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger
- Lady Chatterly's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
- The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
may 27 2010 ∞ mar 26 2016 +
- Jeremy Allen White (Lip from Shameless)
- Leonardo Dicaprio
- Tadd Gadduang
- Edward Norton
- Emile Hirsch
- Hugh Dancy
- Joel McHale
- Bruno Mars
- Deandre Yedlin
- Graham Zusi
- Clint Dempsey
- Neymar
- Alexis Sanchez
- Samora Wiley
- Matt McGorry
- T.I.
- Kit Harrington
- Pharrell
- Kieran Culkin
- Sam from the Biggest Loser (semi-celeb!)
- Jake Gyllenhall. Beautiful.
feb 2 2010 ∞ aug 4 2017 +
feb 28 2010 ∞ jan 25 2012 +
- Paper Heart
- (500) Days of Summer
- Crazy Stupid Love
- The Reader
- Love and Other Drugs
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
- Jane Eyre
- Get Him to the Greek
- The Time Traveler's Wife
- Valentine's Day
- Angels and Demons
- Finding Forrester
- The Crazies
- Buried
- Howl
- Despicable Me
- Eat, Pray, Love
- Iron Man 2
aug 7 2009 ∞ mar 26 2016 +
- pre-school teacher (well look how that worked out!)
- librarian
- elementary teacher
- some kind of non-profit charity work
- book reviewer
- massage therapist
- book editor
- bookstore owner (is there a pattern?)
- make-up artist
- homeless shelter owner
- personal trainer
- peace corps
mar 6 2009 ∞ sep 8 2013 +
- 10 pound weights
- NARS multiple
- cellulite soap at Target
- Banksy book
- Book about toddlers/preschoolers activities, projects, ideas etc.
- Gift card to Sephora, Target, Panera, Forever 21, Barnes & Noble, Kiva, etc
- Art for my room
- OP Juice
- http://www.amazon.com/Book-Lust-Journal-...
- Ralph Lauren Blue
- Good dog food for Rosie
- Lots of fun ingredients for smoothies---fancy fruit, juices, yogurt, powders
- Massage certificate
- Step for my videos
- Nars blush in luster
- 25 lb weights
- The Cure t-shirt
- Anne of Green Gables boxed set
jan 20 2009 ∞ apr 22 2012 +
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- Shades of Green
- Jammy Time
- Silhouette
- French Kiss
- Sea Salt & Avocado
- Inner Peace
- Vanilla Suede
- My Dear Watson
- Vanilla Walnut
- Green Tea Smoothie
- Citrus Sun Tea
- Southern Evening
- Silver Bells
- Snowberry
- Mums & Marigolds
- Flower Shop
- Cranberry Muffin
- Fresh Cut Grass
- Lavender Vanilla
- Tuscan Garden
- Coconut Cotton
sep 3 2017 ∞ dec 9 2018 +
- ULYSSES by James Joyce
- THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN by James Joyce
- LOLITA by Vladimir Nabokov
- BRAVE NEW WORLD by Aldous Huxley
- THE SOUND AND THE FURY by William Faulkner
- CATCH-22 by Joseph Heller
- DARKNESS AT NOON by Arthur Koestler
- SONS AND LOVERS by D.H. Lawrence
- THE GRAPES OF WRATH by John Steinbeck
- UNDER THE VOLCANO by Malcolm Lowry
- THE WAY OF ALL FLESH by Samuel Butler
- 1984 by George Orwell
- I, CLAUDIUS by Robert Graves
- TO THE LIGHTHOUSE by Virginia Woolf
- AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY by Theodore Dreiser
- THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER by Carson McCullers
- SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE by Kurt Vonnegut
may 15 2016 ∞ jul 4 2019 +
- Savings Account
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- $3800
may 15 2011 ∞ apr 22 2012 +
- The Family Man by Elinor Lipman
- The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner's Semester at America's Holiest University by Kevin Roose
- The Winner Stands Alone by Paulo Coelho
- The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy
- Educating Esme by Esmé Raji Codell
- 13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley
- The Song is You by Arthur Philiips
- The Body in the Library by Agatha Christie
- The Likeness by Tana French
- Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
- Dark Places by Jillian Flynn
- Julie and Julia by Julie Powell
- Bordeaux by Paul Torday
- The Best American Non Required Reading 2008 by Dave Eggers
jun 14 2009 ∞ jan 6 2016 +
- Invisible by Paul Auster
- Living Oprah by Robyn Okrant
- Push by Sapphire
- Committed by Elizabeth Gilbert
- The City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
- The 13 1/2 Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
- Old Books, Rare Friends: Two Literary Sleuths and Their Shared Passion by Madeline B. Stern and Leona Rostenberg
- The Rights of the Reader by Daniel Pennac
- When Autumn Leaves by Amy Foster
- Brideshead Revisted by Evelyn Waugh
- Stuart: A Life Backwards by Alexander Masters
- On Writing by Stephen King
- Man's Search For Meaning by Viktor Frankl
- Angry Conversations with God by Susan E. ...
jan 12 2010 ∞ nov 25 2018 +
- True Compass: A Memoir by Edward M. Kennedy
- Among the Lowest of the Dead: Inside Death Row by Dave Von Drehle
- Hush by Kate White
- Another Life Altogther by Elaine Beale
- Making Toast by Roger Rosenblatt
- The Husband and Wives Club: A Year in the Life of a Couples Therapy Group by Laurie Abraham
- And There Was Light: Autobiography of Jacques Lusseyran, Blind Hero of the French Resistance by Jacques Lusseyran
- In the Land of Believers: An Outsider's Extraordinary Journey into the Heart of the Evangelical Church by Gina Welch
- Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World by Claire Harman
- A Ticket to the Circus By Norris Church Mailer
- For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Wri...
feb 27 2010 ∞ mar 15 2013 +
- Nuns
- Einstein
- Mary Shelley
- Allen Ginsberg
- The Holocaust (fiction or non-fiction)
- The Bronte Sisters (and Bronte fiction)
- Jane Austen (and Jane fiction)
- Norman Mailer
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Peace Corps
- Oprah Winfrey
- Alkatraz
- Alligators
- Hoarding
- Bob Dylan
- Running
- Waiters
- E.E. Cummings
- The Death Penalty
- Hitler
- Lewis Carroll
jun 10 2010 ∞ jan 27 2016 +
- The Ghost Writer by Philip Roth
- Everyman by Philip Roth
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- The Girl With the Silver Eyes by Willo Davis Roberts
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens
- The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
- Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
- The Constant Gardener by John Le Carre
- Waiting by Ha Jin
- Lace by Shirley Conran
- The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry
mar 24 2010 ∞ jun 9 2015 +
- The Adventures of Augie March by Saul Bellow
- All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
- American Pastoral by Philip Roth
- An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara
- Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
- The Assistant by Bernard Malamud
- At Swim-Two-Birds by Flann O'Brien
- Atonement by Ian McEwan
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- The Berlin Stories by Christopher Isherwood
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
- The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
- Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy
- Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
- The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder
nov 28 2009 ∞ dec 15 2019 +
- Tyra Banks. In anything. talk show, interviews, pictures, even her freaking "ty ty baby" logo at the end of her show. But it's also so stupid I have to watch sometimes...
- Tequila
- Obvious grammar and structure errors in books. One I read the other day was missing the end quotes and one had a mispelled word!! Isn't this someone's job to edit these things??
- When people have the attitude that "If God really loved us, he wouldn't give us all these hardships/war/diseases, etc, etc therefore I am angry at Him/cannot believe in Him." People. It's called Earth, not Heaven. It's not supposed to be perfect, it's supposed to challenge us.
- Chelsea Lately
- Germ and Neat Freaks. Especially when they are only weird about certain places/obj...
nov 28 2009 ∞ apr 22 2013 +
apr 13 2009 ∞ nov 7 2010 +
- The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
- The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
- Matilda by Roald Dahl (where is my copy?)
- Anne of Green Gables boxed set
- How Reading Changed My Life by Anna Quindlen
- Book Lust
- The Pact by Jodi Piccoult
- For the Love of Books edited by Ronald Shwartz
- another "Book Lust" Journal
- Truth and Beauty by Ann Patchett
- The Happiness Project
- The Last American Man
- Skippy Dies
- The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More
jan 7 2009 ∞ feb 18 2017 +
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