Today is February 1st folks, so guess what.
#nospendfebruary-- thats what.
A few weeks ago the husband emailed me while he was at work. The title was "this looks cool, we should try it" -- I got excited, obviously, and clicked on the link.
It turned out to be an article on how you should jump start your savings and prioritizing for the year by spending NO money in February (other than the necessities--strictly meaning gas, groceries, and bills--nothing else).
Clearly-- I had questions. What about a quick $3.30 medium nonfat caramel mocha from MCD'S when I need a pick me up....? Surely that had to be an exception, it's practically free! Nope. It's not. What about when some friends of ours are meeting up for drinks, it's been a long week and I need a desperately need a cocktail?? Nope. Not gonna happen. What about all the cute and NECESSARY accessories I need for my kitchen/living room since we just repainted them?? Surely that doesn't count since it's for the HOUSE, right?? ........You guessed it, wrong again.
(INSERT LONG EXASPERATED SIGH HERE...........)
Then I got over it, and decided this would be fun. Kind of challenging, but kind of fun. It made me examine the month ahead of us and plan for it accordingly. I knew I had a girls day planned touring local homes during the month with friends, so I paid for my ticket in advance. I tried to plan for almost everything I could think of but really I figured out that there really wasn't much that I 'needed' --huh, imagine that!
So.....think I can do it?? To be honest, I'm really not sure how well I will do, but I think it will be cool to see how much of a difference (if any) we see at the end of the month in the good ol' bank account. To be fair, I decided that gift cards will be my saving grace this month. Since coffee and chai teas are my best friends some days-- I should be covered since I have leftover giftcards to Starbucks, Caribou, and MCD's :) I may keep my sanity afterall :)
Ps----Oh, and if you are losing sleep because of fretting over my egg situation--no worries, I had a personal delivery with some farm fresh eggs last week :) Phew!! (Thanks!!)
