Belle is a Collie Mix pup.

So an unexpected turn of events earlier in the week gave a friend of mine the opportunity to take a trip to New York City, and I got the lucky task of watching the calmest pup I’ve ever met, Belle.  Although she was scared to death upon arriving at my place Friday afternoon (her first time staying somewhere else) I was able to calm her down and now shes a happy little dog trotting around the apartment.

Belle is gonna be around until Tuesday, maybe i’ll update on our adventures if anything exciting happens.

I noticed I was spending a significant amount of money on food, and we’re not talking groceries here.  My best estimate is that over the past few months I’ve spent over a quarter of my paychecks on eating out at various restaurants around town.

With the rising cost for mostly everything, I opted to work on changing my current eating habits.  Starting this pay period, I’ve resolved to give up eating out.  No restaurants and no delivery if I’m paying for it (I will not turn down an offer to go out for food of course).  I’ve made only one exception to the rule, which is the Kalamazoo Ribfest that’s going on this weekend.

We’ll see how my resolution holds in this coming week.