This week, I was about $10 in cash too short for daycare. I really didn't want to "dip" into my checking account money or anything in savings ... I like to pay for daycare in cash that I put into envelopes. It doesn't make a lot of sense typing that out ... but the system works for me.

I decided to go cash in some change that I had laying around, keep the $10 in cash I needed and deposit the rest as a sort of "bonus".

Imagine my surprise when I was cleaning out my aprons from work and came across $80 in cash! LOL. Last week was pretty hectic going back and forth between my parents and my place (they were out of town) so somehow I threw an apron in the back of my car and didn't grab out the cash to put the money away. This is so NOT like me at all ... I'm very anal about my money, and deposit it as soon as I make it so I don't spend it.

OOPS!

So, instead, I made a nice addition to the challenge ... $50 in change (YAY!) and a $60 paycheck. So, $110 total ... the $70 went into the envelopes like it should have ... sometime last week.

$20 challange - $253.00
newest addition +110.00
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$363.00

BTW, I am starting my $20 challenge again ... I haven't added any money to it since Jan ... how easily I get off track with things is a bit frightening.