This is going to be the Cayla can only spend $40 between now and next Thursday challenge. After a long great weekend with my friend Mollie, I realized I did a little excess spending. As in like whoa, what was I thinking. Thanks to all of this spending, mostly on food which unfortunately has already been digested and can't be returned, I promise I will not go hungry on $40 for the next 10 days. I have enough canned and frozen foods in my kitchen that all its going to take is a little creativity. This also means that the beer in my fridge will have to be saved for the weekend (anyone want to come over? BYOB). Issues that I can already see arising- Morning coffee, laundry, and the birthday party I am attending Friday night.
Problem Solving:
Coffee: I am going to have to start brewing my own (total downer and literally the only thing that gets me to the gym in the morning is the promise of a large coffee with a tad bit of milk from the cafe on my way out.) But at $1.95 a jolt, every morning- $19.50 can be saved over the next 10 days.
Laundry: I would say just go dirty, but I have actually stretched myself as it is thanks to my lack of will and time to do it over the past 3 weeks. Therefore, I have no choice. We have laundry in the basement of our building (another joy of living in NYC) $2.25 for one wash and another $2.25 for one dryer. I probably have 3-4 loads of laundry to do that will be squished into 2 loads. So $4.50 for the washers and ill use one dryer for the towels. Everything else, air dry. They use to do it in the pre-dryer days. Surely I can. $6.75 spent, $6.75- $11 saved.
Birthday Party: Become bff's with the bartender then stop being friends once the tip that you have to leave regardless exceeds $10. Who knows how this will turn out but at least $50-$75 saved.
The rest of the money will go to pop-up items (first drink before I become friends with said bartender), random food items that I just NEED and who knows what, probably one coffee. I think I can do this. If you are my friend please refrain from asking me to happy hours or dinners unless you are paying. Thankssomuch.
Today- I have spent nothing. Except for a bus ticket to Boston and this cool contraption that Mollie should be a sales rep for called the Clarisonic. Apparently it works miracles for your skin. There will be updates on that as soon as it gets delivered in the mail. Whoop whoop for penny pinching!
Quote for the next 10 days - "Less is More"
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Inspirational Quotes for my 2012
“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” –Bill Cosby
“Life is too important to be taken seriously.” –Wilde
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” –Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love, 1973
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