Saturday night, staying home, heating up a can of soup, saving money. This year I finally cracked down on excess spending. When I went over my bank statements from last year I had over $4K I could not account for - it was the cash that I had taken out of ATMs and blown in bars and restaurants. My new year's resolution was to save $300 per month this year, and in the first three months it went OK, then last month I saved $1,300, and this month I'm on track to save $1,500. It's amazing how much money can be wasted when you don't pay attention.
REITs seem to be moving up, especially hotel REITs. I don't know how interest rates would affect these kinds of stocks, so I'm not trading them.