I'm another one who stopped wearing my retainer and haven't had shifting. However, like
@amalone1013 I also have a very tiny mouth, so that probably contributes.
In debt dumping news, we found an apartment! For $110 base rent more than what we would pay to renew our 1 Bed 1 Bath here we can get a 2 bed 2 Bath. It's in a bit of a nicer area too, and it's not one of those crazy luxury units like i was griping about the other day, and we can bring in our own washer and dryer that we already have and all that good stuff. I'm thrilled, and thanks to our excellent credit that came with debt dumping, our deposit will only be $230!
In not as good news, June is going to be an absolute financial nightmare for us. Moving costs are the worst of it, but we also need to drive 11 hours for a wedding I'm a bridesmaid in. The bride is a dear friend and I'm thrilled to have been asked, so I don't
really mind, but by the time it's all said and done I'm probably looking at this costing me $1,000 (and she's an extremely low key, go with the flow bride). Most of the expenses are related to me having to travel back to my hometown for the wedding (she's my college best friend) so between $100 each way for a hotel halfway (we'll have our then 6 month old with us so no driving straight through), $430 for 3 nights at the hotel near the wedding itself, my dress and alterations ($250) and wedding and bachelorette gifts (probably $100 or so)... ouch! But, at least we can actually afford to pay for it all, no charging. We won't be able to put any money into savings in June or July most likely, which really stinks, but it's better than accumulating cc debt! Plus, I'll probably start part time work right around that time, so that'll help replenish some of what was lost.
I'm trying to get better about looking ahead to things coming up and saving ahead, so I'm thinking ahead to birthdays and holidays we have coming the rest of the year. DH's birthday and father's day is already taken care of, he wanted a kindle paperwhite and a case for it so I snagged them when they were on a great sale recently. Mother's day is all we have to budget for in May. July nothing. August we have a family birthday for my two year old cousin but that'll only be about $20. September nothing. October two friends birthdays but one we already bought it when we saw it on clearance at Target! Then it's pretty much the holidays and DS's birthday, so I'm thinking I need to start budgeting for that after our move. I've always been an early shopper, but I want to get even better now that DS has a birthday around that time and since we are traveling around then I don't want to affect our vacation budget with having to worry about the holidays.
So I was thinking that for a lot of the people in my family (all Disney lovers) I'm going to swing by the character warehouse once on our way down and once on our way back while we are down in Orlando before and after our cruise in Sept, and again when we go just before Christmas for DS's birthday. I'm thinking I can get gifts for much less than I'd pay in a Target, and maybe get a really good deal on getting some shopping done. Anyone have any preference on which location is better?
I've also been considering checking babies/ toys r us closing sales for some younger family members and DS, but I've heard they aren't very good and are pretty picked over- has anyone been lately?