Good morning Dinks and Happy Friday. I am really excited because I made it through this whole week only spending $20 on myself. That’s right for the second week in the row I used my portable Brita bottle to avoid buying juice and bottled water during the day and I brought my lunch and snacks to work every single day (except today) to avoid eating out.
Every morning I buy a breakfast sandwich for $2.25 and I skip the coffee, latte and juice. That leaves me lunch money to eat out one day. I still get to eat on the go in the morning and I don’t have to worry about spending $50 or more on food during the week. Honestly, I thought it would be a lot harder than it is. I miss the lunches with my friends, but until I am used to the routine I have to avoid temptation.
How much did you spend this week?
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Wow a whole week with only spending $20 on yourself! Awesome! I really need to try that lol! Thanks for the link!
Thanks for mentioning me, Kristina!
The ironic part of this post is that you are linking to my post about bulk cooking, but I didn’t get to do it this week and I had to buy lunch today. I spent about $9 for the week, but that was all on lunch for today.
PS…I got my answer about you still writing on DINKs Finance! ;-)
If it is just a matter of getting used to it, I am positive you will be able to keep at it. Is it not a great feeling to be free of guilt that you did not spend too much for a week? Not to mention the savings. Paging temptations, please keep away. :)
@Cat – OH yes it’s a mental work in progress. The actual spending isn’t as hard as the mental factor of stopping yourself from spending.
@Khaleef, yep I’m still here :-) It’s Sunday and you know what that means…cooking day for the week. Enjoy your weekend.
@Jen – It’s totally the mental state of getting used to it. Once I get over that I think I’ll be fine.
Have a great weekend everyone.
Thanks for the link back =)