spend less money

I work in a clothes shop, I buy a lot of clothes. I buy everytime I’m in work and so I’m spending all the money I make back onto clothes and maybe possibly more than I earn. I’m going to need to break this habit!

Really need to spend less money so that I can save more money in order to help me achieve some of my other goals, like Making a trip back to Nigeria or Teaching English abroad. Gonna try and put aside £250 from my next paycheck and NOT TOUCH IT!!!

My mom just retired so she’s going to be able to help me do some yard sales this year, which should bring in a few hundred dollars, yeah we have that much stuff to get rid of. As long as I put it in the paper I have no doubt we’ll make that much money, and instead of spending it like I always do I plan on putting it in my savings account. I really need to get back on track with saving, I plan on saving $10-$25 from each paycheck, as long as I get consistent hours again, and then whatever I make from the internet and yard sales and things like that, I plan on taking that and putting it in my savings.

organize expenses

it started because I literally had NO money, but then I got a check for something and I put it in the bank and still haven’t spent a cent. I’m just sort of pretending that I don’t have that money so I’m still spending (or not spending) like I am the most broke person in the world. It’s not a lot of money at all so I’m saving it for a rainy day until I get some cash from my new job:-) However, I desperately want to take myself out to happy hour at my favorite haunt. Soon enough I will!

went out at 11pm to fulfill a french fry craving
appx $9 wasted at McDonald’s
gotta stop eating out

government wants us to spend money, but I don’t really feel like doing so.

This month I’ve done very well – I have limited my spending quite a bit. I put myself on a spending limit for my collectible decks. Finally I stuck to it this month. Also, I try and think before I buy – do I really need this? Am I going to use it enough to be worth the money I spend on it?

I’ve been so so so so good these days, haven’t really bought anything for myself “just because” in awhile. This means a lot of money has gone directly to my savings account over the months and has just been sitting there, and it also means that it wasn’t TOO big of a deal that a small chunk of it went to an interesting purchase I made today.

I bought myself a Kindle 2!

No, I certainly do not need this, but I WANT IT. As you may have heard, I love the books. Some people who love photography buy themselves expensive cameras. So, I am buying myself a goddamned Kindle 2 and I don’t want to hear a word about how silly it is!

Very excited for its arrival (on Friday!)

This seems so much easier when you’re working. I was working full time for a while (my contract has since come to an end), and I found that I didn’t have the time to spend my money, since I would get home exhausted. Even weekends I just wanted to sleep. So it kinda just accumulated in my bank account.

I have found that if I’m idle, or if you’re a student, you have time to spend your time doing meaningless things, resulting in you spending your money.

Sooooo, I have to get myself another full time job, and have no time for anything. That way, I WILL spend less money!