No Spend Month: Week Two

Here’s the spending for the week:

Commuter Train Pass: $18.20
Metro: $16.50
Rent Check to Greg: $300.00
Costco: $139.91

Caribou Coffee and a muffin*: $7.04
Utilities: $69.00
Noodles and Company (Dinner with Greg)**: $18.65
Groceries***: $22.54
Cox Communications: $161.99
Groceries: $89.82
Medication: $13.45

Total For Week: $857.10

Total for No Spend Month: $1239.48

*Caribou Coffee was cheating.  I have no excuse other than the cold, which I can’t rely [...]

No Spend Month: Week 1

Week One:

*DC Metro pass: $16.50
CVS- Carmex (It’s cold and I have really chapped lips!): $3.28
Christmas Presents: $150.00
Utilities: $210.00
**Hot Chocolate: $2.60

Total for Week: $382.38
Total for No Spend Month: $382.38

*I have an amount already on my card and am working off of that, but I figure it’s still an expenditure.

**The hot chocolate was also paid for by [...]

When Does it Get Good?

I just read a friend’s blog (he’s a brilliant writer- go read it: www.johnmenard.wordpress.com).  The title of the post is “I’m Afraid” and it essentially describes the horror he has at the idea of working in the same job, day in, day out, for the next 35 years.  Boy, can I relate.

I’m absolutely terrified when [...]

NO Spend Month

I’m a member of Wesabe, the website where people can track their finances, share stories and tips, and set goals for their saving/spending.  I came across one thread where a whole mess of people decided to start a NO Spend Month.  They’ve all taken different slants on what this constitutes but, essentially, people are only [...]

I’m Running Late and I Don’t Care

On Friday morning, I got on the train and happily plopped down with Wicked, looking forward to reading the next chapter on my way to work. I clearly wasn’t paying attention, because I didn’t realize that the train had slowed to a crawl. We evenutally stopped. The conductor came on the loud [...]