024. Spend a pay period taking out my budgeted spending money in cash and leaving my debit/credit cards at home
One week to go and I have $75 left, but miraculously the cupboard isn't quite bare and the gas tank isn't on empty. If I have any money left over by next Friday it won't be much, but I think I'll definitely make it (and hopefully manage to have a bit of fun to boot... a 4-day weekend for me, kicked off with a day of being "out and about" tomorrow!).
023. Finish all the unread books on my shelf before buying new ones - (1/9)
002. Read 101 books - (001/101)
This was a recommendation from my pal LRL, a librarian with fantastic taste in YA fiction (we have a shared love of The Hunger Games and she turned me on to the Chaos Walking series as well). Part coming of age story, part fairy tale, it's at turns endearing and devastating. Ursu has a beautiful way of choosing words to pinpoint an image or a feeling (her protagonist Hazel describes bristling, hollow alienation as "feeling scratchy and thick", which I found just spot-on). Plus, bookish Hazel's narrative is peppered with references to other YA and children's lit (Daemons! Other Mother! Turkish Delight! as well as a sweet shout out to When You Reach Me), and I'm a sucker for allusions.
010. Shop at a farmer's market - (Completed 06/07/12)
My town holds a little farmer's market behind the town hall every Thursday in summer, so today I took a stroll after work to see what they had to offer. The only important answer is: a kettle corn vendor. Oh, yes, I suppose there were some plants, and some produce, and baked goods and the like... but I wasn't feeling any of the fruit or veg, and I don't need any plants right now, so really the conclusion to this story is, yes, I ate half a bag of kettle corn for supper.
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