#on top of today was the day I cleaned some very gross leftovers containers I irresponsibly let sit for days

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Ok I’m definitely drawing tonight bc I had to deal with enough gross apartment shit today that I deserve that

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DAYS 132-138

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO

8:00 AM - It’s a brand new day. I wake up feeling pretty rested. Boyfriend’s still asleep but I have a new sense of purpose, so I get ready quickly and head out.

8:55 AM - I arrive at work. I pour myself a toddy and make more for tomorrow. I also run out of probiotic butter for my toast so I make a mental note to grab more at Sprouts. This week I am over my budget for the month by $156.22 which is better than where I was last week. I’m not expecting to make it up over night, but I feel like I can definitely achieve this if I keep my spending throughout the weekdays to a minimum.

11:00 AM - I walk to Sprouts to try to find something to pair with my chicken nuggs. I end up settling on some tater tots which wasn’t exactly what I had in mind, but whatever. I also get a new container of “Melt” butter and a jar of Just Mayo. $11.05

5:15 PM - I leave work and head home. My boyfriend has to drop off screens in Ahwatukee for posters he’s printing tomorrow with a friend, so I hop in the car and ride with him. On our way back we stop to pick up food at Haji Baba. I get a falafel and a package of sumac. He pays.

8:00 PM - We chill at home for the rest of the night. I feel super antsy because our house is really messy so I do the bare minimum and clean the kitchen. I make a rum punch cocktail to celebrate and read Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix for the rest of the night. I fall asleep reading the book.

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-TWO TOTAL: $11.05

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE

8:20 AM - I wake up and realize how greasy I am so I hop into the shower.

9:10 AM - I get to work, strain my toddy and make toast.

12:30 PM - My coworker and I are complaining of the same period cramps. We end up going to a place to eat pho. I also treat myself to a ginger limeade. $15.41

2:00 PM - The internet goes out and it’s hard to do anything around here without it. We hang out with my boss until it comes back on.

5:00 PM - I leave and head for Taste of Tops. I don’t have plans with anyone but a beer sounds nice. I try a 4oz barrel aged cider and I also get the Odell Friek which is one of my favorites. I end up getting sucked into a conversation with a few other folks and they buy me another Friek. The conversation is nice but I am drunk and have to go home and let the dog out. $13

7:15 PM - I heat up a frozen breakfast burrito and break out some chips and salsa. I attempt to sober myself up while Boyfriend is still screen printing posters but it doesn’t go over too well.

9:45 PM - Boyfriend identifies me as drunk almost immediately which I feel kind of ashamed of -- mostly because I didn’t mean to get this intoxicated.

11:00 PM - I fall asleep reading Harry Potter. I love this new habit.

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE TOTAL: $28.41

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR

9:10 AM - I get to work a little late today but still do the toddy/toast scene.

12:00 PM - I pop over to Sprouts and buy a package of Brussels sprouts and a package of marinade. $5.06

12:15 PM - I bake the Brussels Sprouts with the marinade and have a ton leftover. I also heat up some tater tots in the toaster oven. I might make more later this afternoon depending on how I feel. I definitely didn’t make enough.

5:00 PM - I head for home. I’m pretty hungry when I arrive, so I eat some almonds and chips and salsa while catching up on Money Diaries entries for this blog. I’ve taken to posting 2-3 at a time but it doesn’t matter because no one reads this garbage anyways.

7:00 PM - Boyfriend and I head to AZ Mills and play some pinball. We have a good time but we both play terribly. My card is almost out of money, so I’ll reload it next time I visit.

8:30 PM - I treat my boyfriend to TC Taco. I get a bean and rice burrito and he gets a veggie breakfast burrito. We split chips and salsa. I pay. $19.13

9:15 PM - We stop at Zia. I see a couple records that I want but none that I’ll use for DJing this weekend so I kind of keep them in the back of my mind for future sets.

9:30 PM - We arrive at home and spend the rest of the evening hanging out.

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR TOTAL: $24.19

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE

9:00 AM - I stop for gas on my way to work. I will hopefully get to fill up a whole tank next week. I am a couple days away from getting my finances back on track! $10.00

9:10 AM - I decide to skip the toast today because I still have a burrito baby from yesterday and just pour myself some toddy.

11:30 AM - We all decide to go to Hula’s Modern Tiki as an office. It’s my assistant’s “last day” aka she’s out of town for a week. I get the vegan green curry tofu. $15.95

4:00 PM - I eat my leftovers. Part of the problem about eating lunch at 11:00 is that I get hungry again before I leave the office.

6:00 PM - I arrive home from work and hang out on my phone and laptop searching for cute vintage mod dresses for a while while my boyfriend plays video games. I also sign up for Shopify and start building some stuff out for my eCommerce store and buy a template for $190ish bucks, but I use a different account to pay for it all.

8:00 PM - Boyfriend is anxious, so we just end up ordering Jimmy Johns for dinner. He pays.

9:00 PM - We watch a couple episodes of Fuck Yeah That’s Delicious on Viceland and end up in bed around 10:00.

11:00 PM - Zzzzz

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE TOTAL: $25.95

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX

8:30 AM - I am awake and post a status to sell my AJJ tickets for tonight. I am DJing and can’t go. Someone almost immediately offers to buy them and we make arrangements. He paypals me $29 and I transfer it into #NOTSIMPLE.

9:10 AM - I make my boss coffee and pour myself some toddy. I end up skipping the toast just because I know I’ll be leaving early to eat lunch out anyways.

11:45 AM - We head to Tarbell’s Tavern. I get an exceptional veggie bowl and a mule. Starting my weekend off right. $29.48

12:30 PM - I spend the rest of my day preparing for my set that I’m playing tonight and pregaming at home.

8:15 PM - I stop at Cartel to grab an iced tea on my way to PV where I am DJing. $5.25

9:30 PM - Our night is off to a good start. I hang out and dance until I play my set. I make some weird new drink out of Deep Eddy Ruby Red vodka, soda, and a splash of Sprite. $6

12:30 AM - The night rules. My set was okay, and I never really lost the crowd which is saying something because the crowd was about 5-20 people throughout the night.

2:15 AM - I make it home very quickly and unload all my gear. I can’t believe I have to do this again tomorrow.

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX TOTAL: $40.73

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN

8:00 AM - Boyfriend kisses me goodbye and goes to screen print posters.

10:15 AM - I finally wake up but don’t make it out of bed until 10:45. Instead of stopping at Cartel, I just go straight to Caribou/Einstein’s and get an iced coffee and a bagel. $4.69

11:30 AM - I head from coffee/bagels to Lush and buy face wash. I’ve been putting it off for a couple weeks and it’s definitely time to do that because my face is gross. $13.70

1:30 PM - I meet boyfriend at home and we go to Zia. I don’t buy anything.

2:00 PM - We run home and I order us Jimmy Johns. $17.99

2:45 PM - Boyfriend lays down and I join him but I’m feeling pretty rested, so I work on my set for the night.

5:45 PM - In the midst of building my set, I realize I need to buy the new Phoenix and Arcade Fire records so I head back to Zia to pick them up. I use my points on the Phoenix record and get it for half off. $36.20

6:00 PM - I definitely need caffeine again, so I grab an iced tea from Dutch Bros. $4.00

7:45 PM - On my way out to Valley Bar I have a freakout about my headphones dying -- they’re battery powered. I stop at Circle K and buy a four AAAs. $5.39

8:15 PM - I set up my stuff at Valley and get a cider on the house. I tell them I’ll start around 9:00 and I hang out with a couple friends. My Movie Trivia Host friend is here and I owe him $9 for a Cursive record he swiped for me, but I only have $7 cash, so I give him what I have and he says not to worry about the other $2. $7

9:00 PM - The night is off to a rad start. I play a lot of old indie stuff and the staff gets stoked. Then a band plays and I pick it up a little bit, and then another band plays, and I KILL IT. The dance floor is packed and people are losing their minds. I leave with $250 and a fat smile on my face.

3:00 AM - I load all my stuff in and hit the hay.

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-SEVEN TOTAL: $88.97

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT

9:00 AM - Boyfriend asks when I want to be woken up.

10:15 AM - Boyfriend wake me up and surprises me with coffee and a bagel. I am super dehydrated and feel like I’ve been hit by a bus so he makes me some Gatorade too. What a guy!

11:00 AM - I pull myself together enough to head to the mall with my boyfriend. Since his company’s new venue is opening this week he wants some new clothes to feel fresh. I look at a pair of jean shorts at Levi’s and decide that jean shorts just must not be my thing. They look awful on me.

12:00 PM - We head to Undefeated in Phoenix and check out the pawn shop next door, but don’t end up buying anything.

12:30 PM - I treat us to a luxurious meal of Del Taco. $11.71

1:30 PM - Boyfriend and I crash super hard. I don’t usually nap on weekends, but obviously with two DJ nights in a row, I can’t help it.

5:00 PM - I am awake and am feeling pretty groggy. I shower and read a little Harry Potter on the couch.

6:45 PM - I have a friend aka Q, who has been going through a really rough time. He doesn’t have any money right now so I offer to treat him to dinner. We get drinks and dinner at Cornish Pasty and it’s amazing. I haven’t hung with him in over 6 months. $39.43

9:45 PM - Q walks me home and I am exhausted again. I read more Harry Potter and am out by 11:00.

DAY ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT TOTAL: $51.14

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Bali: Day 5

Thursday April 6th, 2017

Breakfast: Complimentary roll with bacon, spinach & egg whites via Room Service Lunch: Smashed avocado on toast with tomato & feta from Sisterfields Dinner: Pork bao & Thai-style BBQ ribs with chips from Bo & Bun

Steps: 20, 086

Today was a bit on a non-event. We wanted to cross some touristy stuff off our list, but we mainly just walked around. We had brekky in our villa, showered and then walked into Seminyak Square at around 11am. Today was extra muggy and the sun was out in force. We had both dressed very “Melbourne” and I instantly regretted it – I was wearing a light coloured tshirt and runners and I could feel my feet swelling and the sweat on my back sticking to my top – gross!

By the time we got in there and looked around, melting slightly, we decided to stop at Sisterfields Café for lunch, which is owned by the same people who own Bo$$ Man Burger next door. The air conditioning was welcomed with open arms. I had a latte and the smashed avocado & Tommy had a coke and the Dirty Burger (which he claims is what Royal Stacks in Melbourne should taste like).

Tommy had read on Trip Advisor about the Seminyak Flea Markets, so we tried to find them and see if the prices were any cheaper for shoes, singlets & sunnies. We thought they might be cheaper, but the reviews suggested otherwise. I knew which road it was on, but we started down the wrong end, couldn’t find it, and soon gave up. Instead we walked around the other side of the beach to find Potato Heads Beach Club. We finally got there and the security was really tight. We had to have our bags checked and out body’s scanned before being let in – weird. The bar was HUGE and had a very chilled out, resort vibe. There was a pool overlooking the beach, with a big collection of day beds and then a restaurant with some lounge tables up the back, where we sat. If we’d arrived earlier, and planned our time better, we could have had a better spot (and not been wearing street clothes at a beach bar), but ordered some cocktails and sat down anyway. The cocktails were huge and delicious! They were only $12 each – I had a Nana Colada and Tommy had a Bonzola Zombie – both yummy and they gave us a nice buzz.

At around 4pm, like clockwork, the rains started and people started heading back to their hotels. We decided to keep walking around and Tommy bought me a poncho, as I’d left my umbrella back at our villa. We were walking in the rain and I was feeling super sticky and gross under the poncho. My feet were also starting to hurt. We stopped in at a cute donut shop, which was newly opened, named Dough Darlings and got one each. They were nice, but cannot compare to the strong donut game happening in Melbourne at the moment.

For some reason, we took the long way and walked all the way back to our villa instead of taking a cab. It took over an hour. My feet were aching at this point. We stopped in for a super quick beer at King Kebab and by the time we got home, we were both tuckered out, so had a shower and a nap for an hour. We woke up at 6.30pm and got ready for dinner.

We went around the corner to Bo & Bun for dinner, which serves Vietnamese food. We had the chicken bao & a serve of the ribs and chips each. The food here is amazing! Cannot recommend it enough. The wifi is also good quality and they had their fans on full speed, which felt awesome. Tommy ducked out to get a drink from the servo and left me to pay. One thing I don’t like about Bali is that the waitresses give you the bill and wait for you to pay, while you’re fumbling around with the money. I had the exact amount and couldn’t tip, so I felt bad. I then nearly walked out without my leftover ribs that they’d put in a container for me. As we were walking back to our villa, we heard a little voice saying “scuse me, Miss… Miss!” – it was our waiter from the restaurant. Tommy had left his bag under the table (with his GoPro inside) and he had followed us down the whole street. What a legend.

We walked around Seminyak for a while, stopped at the servo to get a travel Bintang while we explored and decided to check out Seminyak Beach. It was pitch black by this point so we couldn’t see much, but we could see just how much rubbish people had left there from the day just done. Disgusting. There are only a few rubbish bins on the streets, so people were obviously getting lazy. We chilled on the beach for a bit, Tommy took some photos with his GoPro and then we got a cab back home.

We had put all our dirty clothes from the trip so far in to the laundry service and it was back in our room by the time we got home. When we’d filled out the little tag, we’d estimated it would cost about $58 – so expensive! In Thailand it had cost nothing, but this was a bit ridiculous. Nevertheless, Tommy had worn all of his singlets and wanted clean ones, so we put the load in. When we looked at the receipt, they had charged us $75. They never include the tax on the pricing here, so it’s always a surprise. We are going to start taking more notice and make sure that we’re not just being charged extra for no reason.

We’re going to make more happen tomorrow – Tommy wants to check out the Super Human Fitness Centre and maybe a water park ☺