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 +
  • 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 +
  • 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
    • $200
    • $400
    • $600
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    • $1000
    • $1200
    • $1400
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    • $2800
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    • $3400
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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 +
  • 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 +