Just tidbits about money and finance.
From the category archives:
I think I’ve had at least 4 since last Friday. In a good or bad way, I’ve been able to get out of the house and spend money because my boyfriend has a 4×4 vehicle. We were able to re-stock on groceries before getting slammed again with snow last night. So that’s 3 days in [...]
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Today will be a No Spend Day since I forgot we’re getting lunch at work and there are no special plans for this evening. (I sold off a pair of hockey tickets to tonight’s game. Gross $51. Net $11.)
Yesterday was *almost* a No Spend Day, but again, I didn’t have cash and bought a pack [...]
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I thought about this after posting that I had two No Spend Days last week. What were the key things that got me there.
1. Driving motivation to be lazy. The days I don’t spend money are days that I don’t want to deal with the general public, i.e. avoid retail spaces. My desire to be [...]
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I packed my lunch or ate at home every day except Friday. I also dined out only once, for dinner on Thursday night. (It was supposed to be a drink, but turned into a dinner, which was very nice anyway.)
On Monday, I bought nothing because I had lots of leftovers and groceries in the fridge. [...]
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Friday night: Boyfriend spent about $50 on dinner groceries. There was a shrimp appetizer with a spicy mayo. Main course was breaded chicken topped with a sweet salsa (made by some guy he met while traveling for work), asparagus with lemon butter, spicy roasted potatoes with a 2005(?) Placido Chianti. (The first, expensive bottle was [...]
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I had a successful No Spend Day on Saturday. I had spent the morning at home cooking and doing some light cleaning. I spent the late afternoon at a Pampered Chef presentation at a friend’s place. It was nice to catch up with some friends there, but I didn’t buy anything. Nor was there anything [...]
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Friday night was a quiet evening at home. I hadn’t been feeling well that morning so I worked from home. As soon as it was quitting time I started two loaves of bread for a dinner party Saturday night. I also ran an errand mid-day with boyfriend to pick up a magnum of my super [...]
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Sunday was rough. The Capitals lost to the Penguins in an overtime shootout. I certainly got my money’s worth on that game because it was really exciting. I almost had a No Spend Day. Since I bought my hockey tickets in advance, and loaded up my SmarTrip card a few weeks ago, I can sort [...]
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Friday night was expensive but it was happy hour and I had to rally the troops with the first round. (long story)
Saturday I didn’t do too much, mostly nursing a hangover. Picked up my car from the parking garage for $8, fetched a few groceries and bought a small bunny toy for my cousin’s kid. [...]
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I had another No Spend Day on Saturday when the Capitals beat the Red Wings. That was a bit of a shocker (the latter, not the former). There were two hockey games in 2 days, both lunch time games. However, boyfriend was the one who ran to the grocery store for dinner on Saturday night, [...]
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