not spending money is hard!

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Registered: 07-05-2006
not spending money is hard!
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Tue, 08-04-2009 - 9:04am

I'm talking about my plan for this month to not spend money for one day each week, not spend money on anything personal for a week and not eat out for a month...Oprah's plan, but modified to work for me.

We've done great on not eating out. We haven't eaten out in a week actually! Mondays are supposed to be my day for not spending a dime, but yesterday I was doing work for church (that's my job) and I had to order a CD for the choir, download some sheet music and go to walmart and buy some filing supplies. This is all a business expense but it made me feel horrible spending $72 dollars. I may be able to be reimbursed for some of it. The CD which is the most expensive item at $47 dollars is something I want to keep for the future though.

So I decided that instead of yesterday being the day I don't spend money, I'd switch it to today, but then I realized that today is my laundry and grocery day. Maybe I'll change it to Wednesday!

Not spending money on myself is easy, I've been doing that for years!

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Registered: 08-04-2008
Tue, 08-04-2009 - 1:19pm

I so want to do this, but we are on vacation this week, so it is not like things are normal. We didn't spend anything on Sunday, but had to get allergy meds yesterday and boat gas today.

We are going to take the challenge when we get back, so it will be interesting to see how it goes for you.

-Marie