observe Frugal Tuesdays

it was cold…and i had the day off work… so i just drove to class and spent the rest of the day at home. not a penny spent!

And I give up.

no spending! (yeah, I know this entry is two days late)

of course, my impending $800 tuition payment might have something to do with my sudden drop in spending :-P

My first victory :) NO spending yesterday! My bank account thanks me.

didn’t realize it was Tuesday, and I bought a Halloween costume this morning. oops! Luckily, I didn’t buy anything else, so I didn’t do too bad.

I forgot, needed some comfort shopping, so bought some mints and a bottle of cherry diet coke..

Ah well, I’ll try again next week.

Packed lunch all planned, and I won’t buy the paint for the hall tomorrow, I’ll prepare the hall instead – wash down the walls and stuff.

so not perfect…
Brought lunch, so no money there, but my tank was below half full and the Gulf station does this customer appreciation, 4 cents off every gallon on mondays & tuesdays, so I had to tank up. Only $15 though for the day, so that’s not bad. And assuming I don’t have to drive to Boston or NH this weekend, this tank should last through next week!

So far I’ve been doing very well at this goal. Unfotunately I have to admit it’s more because of sheer dumb luck than me actually consciously and diligently sticking to it. Most Tuesdays I drift off to sleep and go, “oh yeah it WAS Tuesday today wasn’t it?! But I didn’t spend anything so, go me!!” So I’m going to up the ante. Since the holidays are coming up and extra cash is always helpful this time of year and because half of my goals involving being healthier and losing weight… I’m going to add a goal to help me cut down my (and my family’s) insane fast food addiction. So I’m making a goal to buy/eat out or fast food no more than once a week. Hehe… my kids are going to just love this one… LOL!