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"No Spend Week" and how it went

January 31st, 2009 at 12:51 am

WOW ...

First off, let me say, setting a goal like that is HARD. I'm all for trying to strive to be better at things, but I do believe you can possibly set to high of a goal. However, I am very happy with how this week went.


I did spend money, however, and well, that means I didn't quite acheive this goal, but I am very happy by how it went.

I bought two newspapers this week, for a total of $1.50. It used to make sense to buy the Thursday newspaper in our town to get the grocery ads, and the job listings. However, I don't know if it was just this week or the paper I got, but NONE of the ads were in it, and well, neither were the jobs.

I spent $0.60 on a can of soda for Juliette as a "reward" for her being so good waiting for an appointment. I am not the type of parent to reward with high fructose corn syrup, but she was asking for a trip to Chick-fil-a, and well, that would have ruined our no spend week. I got her a fruit punch, which really has no fruit in it at all, but kept her quite until we could get home. I also realized that I scheduled my appointment during a bad time for her schedule, and now know to counter that by bringing crackers and juice with me. I'm learning how to be a better parent all the time, hopefully one day it will stick.

Technically the no spend week should have ended tomorrow for us, but Juliette came down with a 102 degree fever last night. I have not been able to get her to eat or drink anything all day, so I asked her if she would eat chicken nuggets, thinking I had some in the fridge. I didn't. So I took her to her favorite place in the world, Chick-fil-a. She ate the ice cream and two chicken nuggets ... and then I got my behind chewed by my dad about dairy products and fevers. DUH! We then had a family emergency, which had me driving out to my parents house this evening ... which means I had to fill up the tank a day before scheduled.

However, I think I did great for a no spend week, and I know we could have pulled it off if things had gone differently. I think life in general tries to prevent us from being able to accomplish these things, and we just have to find a way to work through them. I could have told my sick kid "Sorry, no chicken nuggets for you" but I'm not that kind of momma, and Juliette knows that. I could have coasted in on fumes to my parent's house ... and I would have been fine, but I would have had to pay higher fuel prices on this side of town (plus, Walmart who is typically the cheapest place in town was $.12 higher tonight, so I would have had to pay more money to fill up tomorrow. Which, I think we can all agree, doesn't make financial sense)

Next week won't be a no spend week at all, but my goal is 5 out of the seven days. Possibly 6, but with everything that is going on with the family, and since I really don't know how everything is going to end up ... I don't know how to plan for it.

I also had TWO job possibilities in my inbox this evening! Today started off pretty nice, and then went downhill ... but signing on to my email tonight gave me some hope for the future.

3 Responses to “"No Spend Week" and how it went”

  1. homebody Says:
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    You did great Amanda. My no spend week did not work out and I got a UTI, so that caused some spending. Illnesses really screw up plans don't they?

    I am shooting for a no spend work week next week!

    Good luck on the job search.

  2. gamecock43 Says:
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    you did do great. that's amazing- especially since you have a child!

  3. reginaastralis Says:
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    Thanks! Today was a icky way spendy day ... that wasn't part of the plan.

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