I have done a lot this week. I saved money on car insurance (but not with Geico), cooked meals, read a book, used Amazon's VOD for the first time, visited Tasha, watched a movie, went to the gym, and watched a decent amount of TV.
Since it's been almost a year since I bought my new car (can you believe it?!), it's time to renew my auto insurance. I received the documents in the mail and wow, it was still pretty high! I mean, it's less than half what I paid last year, but c'mon. Two accidents are now off my record so.. I had issues with the amount I was being charged. So I headed over to the local AAA office on Monday with my mum and met with an insurance agent. Who was SO unhelpful. And told us to go to the claims department. They were a bit frustrating at first but finally became helpful. But we had to go back down to the insurance department. Thankfully the agent we met with this time was so much nicer than the first one. It turns out that AAA put down my accident last year as 2 points when it should have been 1. My 100% trust in AAA has been slightly shattered. I still love them, but.. now I will always question prices. So they fixed it so it's 1 point, which saved me some buckaroos. Then I told them that I was laid off my major commute job, so my annual mileage will be a lot lower. The guy said I would need to bring in my car so they can verify mileage so I said I would and we parted ways.
So on Tuesday I brought my car in. He took a picture of my odometer and I thought that would be it. But no, apparently they needed a service receipt that showed previous mileage. So we had to call Longo Toyota and have them fax over my latest receipt. Which brought me down to one bracket lower in mileage. So combined with yesterday, I saved almost $300. Which is a lot!!! Thank goodness I questioned the amount. This goes to show you should always verify that you are being charged the correct amount. I am also going to bring my car back in 30 days so that my annual mileage will be even lower and I can save more monies, yay.
On Monday I also attempted to make pasta rosa. I *love* pasta rosa whenever I get it in restaurants and I figured I could just recreate it at home. But.. it wasn't great. I think part of the reason why is because my mum forced me to use old spaghetti noodles she found in a cupboard somewhere. I don't like spaghetti noodles so.. yeah. Next time I will use penne and hopefully that works better. I did try to liven it up with chicken and sundried tomatoes. It's okay. I eat it for lunch every day with pickles. Not bad. Monday was also when I received The Twits in the mail (through swap.com). The Twits is my favourite Roald Dahl book so I immediately started and finished it in one reading (it's short). Good times. I also realised that my $5 credit for Amazon's Video-on-Demand would expire that night so I used it to buy three Psych episodes. Thanks Tasha for your help in which episodes I should buy :)
{Dinner at Tasha's}
On Tuesday, after saving monies at AAA, I headed down to Irvine to visit Tasha. Her mum had visited her the previous week and made food for me! She made aloo tamatar and muli paratha and we ate that for dinner along with cabbage (bongobi)/apple side that Tasha made. Delicious! And we watched Prince of Persia. Jake was only shirtless in one scene so that was disappointing. But because we went in with such low expectations, we both thought the movie was not bad. Low expectations are great. The next day I ate cinnamon muffins that Tasha's mum made for breakfast. Delicious! A great cook and and awesome baker. I wish to be like Tasha's mum. We had lunch at Corner Bakery and then I came back home.
I went to the gym three times this week. I am getting frustrated with my progress because I'm consistently going to the gym 2-3x/week and I try to burn around 400 calories per visit, but nothing seems to be happening. I have been stuck at the same weight this entire time! I am grateful that I'm not gaining weight, but seeing as I'm eating less at home and going to the gym, I feel like I should be losing weight. But I am stuck. It's very frustrating.
Since it's been almost a year since I bought my new car (can you believe it?!), it's time to renew my auto insurance. I received the documents in the mail and wow, it was still pretty high! I mean, it's less than half what I paid last year, but c'mon. Two accidents are now off my record so.. I had issues with the amount I was being charged. So I headed over to the local AAA office on Monday with my mum and met with an insurance agent. Who was SO unhelpful. And told us to go to the claims department. They were a bit frustrating at first but finally became helpful. But we had to go back down to the insurance department. Thankfully the agent we met with this time was so much nicer than the first one. It turns out that AAA put down my accident last year as 2 points when it should have been 1. My 100% trust in AAA has been slightly shattered. I still love them, but.. now I will always question prices. So they fixed it so it's 1 point, which saved me some buckaroos. Then I told them that I was laid off my major commute job, so my annual mileage will be a lot lower. The guy said I would need to bring in my car so they can verify mileage so I said I would and we parted ways.
So on Tuesday I brought my car in. He took a picture of my odometer and I thought that would be it. But no, apparently they needed a service receipt that showed previous mileage. So we had to call Longo Toyota and have them fax over my latest receipt. Which brought me down to one bracket lower in mileage. So combined with yesterday, I saved almost $300. Which is a lot!!! Thank goodness I questioned the amount. This goes to show you should always verify that you are being charged the correct amount. I am also going to bring my car back in 30 days so that my annual mileage will be even lower and I can save more monies, yay.
On Monday I also attempted to make pasta rosa. I *love* pasta rosa whenever I get it in restaurants and I figured I could just recreate it at home. But.. it wasn't great. I think part of the reason why is because my mum forced me to use old spaghetti noodles she found in a cupboard somewhere. I don't like spaghetti noodles so.. yeah. Next time I will use penne and hopefully that works better. I did try to liven it up with chicken and sundried tomatoes. It's okay. I eat it for lunch every day with pickles. Not bad. Monday was also when I received The Twits in the mail (through swap.com). The Twits is my favourite Roald Dahl book so I immediately started and finished it in one reading (it's short). Good times. I also realised that my $5 credit for Amazon's Video-on-Demand would expire that night so I used it to buy three Psych episodes. Thanks Tasha for your help in which episodes I should buy :)
{Dinner at Tasha's}
On Tuesday, after saving monies at AAA, I headed down to Irvine to visit Tasha. Her mum had visited her the previous week and made food for me! She made aloo tamatar and muli paratha and we ate that for dinner along with cabbage (bongobi)/apple side that Tasha made. Delicious! And we watched Prince of Persia. Jake was only shirtless in one scene so that was disappointing. But because we went in with such low expectations, we both thought the movie was not bad. Low expectations are great. The next day I ate cinnamon muffins that Tasha's mum made for breakfast. Delicious! A great cook and and awesome baker. I wish to be like Tasha's mum. We had lunch at Corner Bakery and then I came back home.
I went to the gym three times this week. I am getting frustrated with my progress because I'm consistently going to the gym 2-3x/week and I try to burn around 400 calories per visit, but nothing seems to be happening. I have been stuck at the same weight this entire time! I am grateful that I'm not gaining weight, but seeing as I'm eating less at home and going to the gym, I feel like I should be losing weight. But I am stuck. It's very frustrating.
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