This was a sweet email to receive from ever-encouraging mint.com.
I (somehow) resisted DBF’s awesome temptations this weekend and deposited $35 worth of savings in my account to complete my goal. After some eye-opening, heart-wrenching and hilarious author presentations, I have added this, this and this to my list of potential holiday gifts!
As if a lovely email and a fantastic festival isn’t enough, check out this chart:
I’m pretty sure my budgets have not ALL been green since… ever. I’m really not sure how it happened (other than large doses of will power and luck), but I am thankful! Thank everyone again for your great support!
I hope you all had an excellent and restful Labor Day. Check back in soon for a new approach to this here blogito now that this savings challenge is complete!
the green chest 
7 responses to “woo-hoo!!!”
Yay!
woot woot!
You did much better than I in that time period! GREAT WORK! thanks for making soemthing as seemingly dull as a budget so eloquently and (visually) pleasingly pleasing, and public…
Good job! Hooray!!!
I demand more posts! Demand!
I know Em! Once these non-profit blogs I’m working on get off the ground, I’ll be back! I’m thinking arts + activism + atlanta + world… it’s marinating. thanks for the support!
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