I got my first unemployment check!

All $405 of it. I feel like an equal in my marriage again. Previously I was channeling my June Cleaverness and having dinner on the table for the hubby when he came home and decorating the home with flowers.

I was going to change into a dress, but settled for a clean top and exercise pants. Hey, June, you'd wear a pink tracksuit nowadays anyway. It's what I see all the trophy wives wearing (and yes, June, you would be a trophy wife! Cooking in pearls, my!)

I'm also learning how to shop and use what I buy! (OK, yeah, but we had tons of money before, so if some food was thrown away, no biggie.) Now everything we buy has to have some use and be eaten. The oven-fried chicken I made last night will be our "El Pollo Loco" rip-off chicken tonight.

No, I'm not going all Dave Ramsay, who by the way has some RABID fans. I have no debt to speak of (only $1,200 I'll be reimbursed for in a month) and am not going to spend five hours making my own detergent to save 20 cents a load.