OK, it was just a modest goal, but feels good anyway. 
The biweekly savings hit, just $25 going to the EF. So I saved $660 this month, exceeding my goal of $650. If I do any budgeting stuff on New Year's Eve, I'll have another $25 to add, but I have a feeling I'll just check my account on Jan. 1 or 2.
I'm excited this morning because I only have 2 more days of work this week, 2 the next week and 2 the week after that. Nice lazy end to a hectic year!
I maybe got screwed on a $70 eBay purchase; I realized it had been over a week with no notice my order had been shipped, and when I went onto eBay the user was no longer registered. I wrote to them last night, but I'm not even sure it went through since they're not registered, so I'm going to file a claim with eBay today. NT does tons of eBay and assures me he's never NOT gotten his money back, one way or the other. Only problem is that was sort of the centerpiece gift from me and AS, so we're going to have to come up with an alternative solution fast! Even better that I have all those days off.
And now for the aww moment. We've been talking about how we should each have a special song that we try to get the baby familiar with while in the womb, and last night we finally got around to making a little playlist and setting the laptop on my belly and playing each of our songs a couple times. Judging from the movement, the baby definitely heard something!
I chose "C'mon Everybody" by Elvis. I like that it's peppy and interactive (eventually the kid can clap and stomp when Elvis says to) and that the chorus is "C'mon everybody take a real deep breath and repeat after me/I love-a my baby, love-a my baby/Hey hey hey, and my baby loves me!"
NT picked "I Believe in Miracles" by the Jackson Sisters. It's his favorite song but it also has some cute and relevant lyrics: "I believe in miracles, baby/I believe in you" and also "Here we are together face to face/Forever in a place that I created/Just for you, you, you/...Believe in dreams and think they are real/And one day soon/The miracle will come true."
AS just decided on hers yesterday after thinking about a few different ones, and went with "Everyday" by Buddy Holly. Some of the lyrics are really cute and relevant in this one too: "Every day seems a little longer/Every way love's a little stronger/Come what may, do you ever long for true love from me?/Every day it's a-gettin' closer/Goin' faster than a roller coaster/Love like yours will surely come my way."
What's great is I'm not going to get sick of any of those songs, so I'll love playing them to my belly a few times a day.
Reached savings goal! and an "aww" moment
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