Day 13 - nothing to do with my challenge

I didn't workout today. I still have my 52 burpees to do so I'll do those soon. We're heading to my co-worker's 30th birthday party tonight so I need to do them before we leave.

I keep forgetting it's not Sunday...since I had yesterday off, my days are all weird. I feel like this is the 2nd day of my weekend (because it is) but I still have one more day! Gotta love taking Fridays off!

I woke up early and picked up our bountiful basket. Then I had my piano lesson with Sanar. It went really well. Sometimes I play things that I learned back in January, just to remind myself that I have progressed, even if I can't see it from one day to the next when I'm practicing.

As you may recall, I've become obsessed with making our back patio more tranquil. I want to have a relaxing place to read a book or magazine and drink my coffee each morning. Last weekend I bought a few new plants which helped a ton. Ever since then, I've been "window shopping" online for an umbrella. Well, I decided to check out what Bed Bath & Beyond had today, which was just asking for trouble. I knew once I saw one, I wouldn't be able to say no. I ended up spending $120 on a new umbrella and base for our patio! Was it budgeted? NOPE! I am justifying it because we budgeted $100 for clothes that we didn't spend. And we budgeted $75 for garage organization and only spent $51. In other words, we had the money. Regardless, the answer is still "No, it was not budgeted."

Here's the end result:

Today, I sat out there for a solid hour just reading and Michael and I ate our lunch there comfortably.

There are a few other things I'd like to buy (like a fountain and a plant stand), but I'll just have to wait until it's in the budget...  :-o

Until tomorrow,
Kelsalynn