When my peanut butter jar...

...is this low so early in the semester, I'm thinking I need a new late night snack.  Celery sans peanut butter, anyone?

Droid > Texas Instruments

I've lost multiple scientific calculators and after my last one I couldn't justify buying another calculator to lose.  For my econ final and all my lab reports, I used my cell phone.  On my old phone, I couldn't do more complex functions...but DROID conquers all!  I recently tested CalcBuddy, Kreac Calculator and RealCalc.  Kreac Calculator is my favorite because it has the simplest design and I can easily enter exponents.  One less thing to carry around, one less thing to lose and one less thing to buy (again!).

Quality not Quantity

In an effort to stop frivolous spending, I've stopping buying anything unnecessary.  If it's not food or another necessity, I'm not swiping.  After packing for my last trip, I realized just how much clothing I have – I spent hours deciding which clothes to take out of my bag.  My aunt said for two weeks in the Virgin Islands I could fit all my clothes into a carry-on: a dress, two pairs of shorts, a skirt, bikini, flipflops, sneakers, and a few shirts.  My carry-on was a little fuller than my aunt suggested, but I severely edited down my vaca wardrobe.

Right now, I'm trying to focus on being creative with my current wardrobe. When I tape the pieces of my credit card back together, I want to buy clothing that I couldn't live without, either because it's a classic essential or an amazingly unique piece.  Gone is the attitude of buying to buy.  Or buying because something is on sale and IT'S 500% OFF!

I love the idea of shopping more like a man and this article in the WSJ reinforced my newfound attitude:

One reason for the quality difference is trendiness: Because womenswear is more faddish, there's a perception in the fashion industry that the clothes will be thrown away more quickly. Indeed, fast fashion has trained a generation to seek out throwaway styles. 

So I'm throwing away my credit card and deleting the emails advertising sales and new styles.  Hello money-free, waste-free classiness!

The best thing about psych is the popcorn, which I brought, freshly popped

I was that girl in the lecture hall causing of the smell of delic Newman's Own popcorn to waft through the 300-person classroom.

I was also the girl with the enviable popcorn who fell asleep.

From my notes:

3. people generally are in REM Sleep 4 to 5 times a night
4. all other nor=================================== REM
5. body temp , harder to wake up from rem sleep
3. dream in REM
1. pariinpartg of deep ls-during slo]
4. 1st REM short, but as you cycle into the ngith, your REM get slonger and longer’

What does it mean?! It means don't go to class when sleepy.  This semester I strive not to make the choice between taking a nap in my room or taking a nap in class. Cheers to smarter studying habits and better sleeping habits...Happy second semester!