learn to save money

If it is one thing I have learned during my unemployment, it is that saving money is very important (duh, right?). It is a huge goal of mine to be self-sufficient as soon as possible.

I finally got a job! I don’t have to move out of my apartment, and this is not a restaurant job! So it is something new! New is good.

I am going to have to work extra hard to save up the money I have spent over the last two months. I also have to pay my mom back.

I want to learn how to be fiscally responsible, so I can take care of myself in the future. The way the economy is now, it is important I learn to save.

Goal as of:
JUNE 13TH, 2009

I have a HUGE shopping problem that has gotten out of hand. I’m not in great debt but it’s enough to irritate me. I spend all of my money right away and I need to learn to stop. UGHHH.

I have always been rubbish with money, still not great I must admit! So I decided that I needed to start saving money, in a sense in relation with my goal of having a place of my own. In all honesty, I am well aware that a piggy bank is never going to buy me a house! lol But my goal was to learn to save and enjoy it!

Which I did! I love it!

I ahve a piggy bank full of pound coins and the best bit is that I have no idea of how much I have in there! It excites me! However pitiful that may sound! lol

I have learnt to go without some things that I bought for the sake of buying because I never used them. I ask myself; Do I really want it? Do I really need this? Often the answer is no, which means that everytime I answer no…. a few more pounds go into my piggy bank ‘Wilbur’!

Maybe the lessons that Im learning with him will help my goal of my own house happen sooner that I think!

I can dream! lol

I’ve gone through all my bills and how much I make in a month. I was shocked to discover that I blow about $800 a month on absolutely NOTHING. So for this next month, I have a little savings plan set up for myself, and if I can stick to it I should have $600 (give or take about $50) saved.\

Here’s to hoping I can stick with it & learn to save some money!

I want to save money so I won’t have to worry about keepiing my head out of water.

spend less

Today I saved $4.00 by simply not getting a soda from gas station before and after work…something I do and have done daily for YEARS NOW…Not much but little by little the more I give up the more I will save

I’m cutting back on Frappucinos, I have also stopped drinking soda and am making my lunch for work. There’s toys I want to buy, but I’m not going to do anything about it until the debts are paid off, which sucks ass.