Money and Haircuts

I got my haircut yesterday and I'm just realizing how much I got chopped off! I must admit it feels great though, no more dead, dry, nasty split ends! I went to Vidal Sasoon and got a free haircut from someone who had cut 2 of my friend's hair and he did an excellent job. I swore I'd never do the free haircut thing again after going to Aveda a few years ago and leaving with almost no hair...seriously I had to tell the girl to stop because there was no hair left for her to cut/butcher. I was very impressed and made sure to tip him nicely when I was all done. If anyone is interested in getting an excellent free haircut please let me know and I'll give you the stylist's name etc.

So my free haircut goes hand in hand with my new resolution to stop spending money. I'm going to Europe in May and I don't want it to break the bank completely so it's to to smarten up and save my cash! I usually don't cook for myself but I think it's time I get over myself and start bringing a sack lunch to work if I want to drink pints of Guiness in Dublin and sip sherry in Jerez.

In order to save some cash I've also decided to start spending less money on food and start learning to cook for myself. I found this great website tastespotting.com and I've fallen in love with it. There are great pictures and recipes from all over the place. I'm making post-birthday peanut butter cup brownies for Kyle tonight and we'll wash it all down with the $7.45 bottle of wine I picked up. The motto of the chef at the restaurant I work at goes a little something like this "Life's too short to drink bad wine", but honey I'm broke...