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01-01-2010, 06:18 PM #1Registered User
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armed with $200 cash, a log, and a mission to get thru the month
its a brand new month of a brand new year so its time for a brand new challenge in dh's & my life...
for 2010 we are going to attempt to live on $200 a month CASH for all 'variable' expenses....this includes all groceries, catfood/litter, hba's, eat outs, & other x-tras....
dh pays the 'fixed' expenses of mtg, utilites, cable, insurances, prop taxes, his allowance, funds the retirement, savings & EF accts....
his car/gas & cell phone are company...my car/gas are now incorporated into my company & cell phone/internet are already company responsibility...we have no other loans, expenses....(other than our last cc payment which monies have already been ear-marked)...
so that leaves us with just the chore of day-to-day living....we have created a log that i will be able to start with $200 at the beginning of each month and subtract any and all expenses that i encounter throughout the month....if there is any left over i can carry over the amount to the next month....
my other challenge of putting away .25 for each dollar spent still stands...which means from the x-tra monies that i receive thru my survey work and my jewelry making business i will be required to put a minimum of $50 away each month into my 'vaca & x-mas bottles'.... all x-tra will be divided into our envelopes (clothing, hair salon, b-days & special occasions)
so that is the plan...and we are excited to see how it all pans out...we think we can do it....(because in fact we practically already do)...just now we will see it in blk/white...
“After the last tree has been cut down, after the last river has been poisoned, after the last fish has been caught.
Only then will you find that money can't be eaten.”
~ Cree Indian Prophecy
2012 goals:
Weight today: 115.2
Goal weight for next weigh-in (4/7): 113.5
Final Goal Weight: 110Goal weight date: May 18, 2012
Loss/Gain since yesterday: Total loss to date: 9.2 lbsDays until final goal weight:
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01-01-2010, 06:21 PM #2Registered User
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Wow sounds like a fun challenge! Good luck!
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01-01-2010, 06:23 PM #3Registered User
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Good luck!
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01-01-2010, 06:29 PM #4Moderator aka AmyBob
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Very cool! Great idea!
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That is a pretty good idea!! let us know how it goes!!
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Good luck. I don't think the two of us could manage on $200 for food and misc expenses for a month. We'd be hungry by week three!
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01-01-2010, 07:20 PM #7Licence to Kill
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Sounds like a great plan! You can do it!!
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01-01-2010, 07:38 PM #8Registered User
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Absolutely no doubt in my mind. Looking forward to reading more of your entertaining descriptions. Love it. I'm betting you will have money left at the end of the year.
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Woo hoo SS! I KNOW you can do it! I will be following you along.
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I think you'll do great!! Just remember that sometimes it may take a bit of imaginative shopping. Good luck, and HAVE FUN!
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01-01-2010, 09:45 PM #11Registered User
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oohhh...is that a challenge niko....haha....i can make another challenge...how much of the $200 a month can i NOT spend...? hmmmm.....how many recipes can one make from a bag of beans and anything else they can pick up from out in the yard.....geez... i think DH would just go ahead and have me locked up...lol...(but you're right...i think i will have some left over...)...weehee...
Originally Posted by NikoSan999
“After the last tree has been cut down, after the last river has been poisoned, after the last fish has been caught.
Only then will you find that money can't be eaten.”
~ Cree Indian Prophecy
2012 goals:
Weight today: 115.2
Goal weight for next weigh-in (4/7): 113.5
Final Goal Weight: 110Goal weight date: May 18, 2012 Loss/Gain since yesterday: Total loss to date: 9.2 lbsDays until final goal weight:
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01-01-2010, 09:52 PM #12Registered User
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challenge???...nah....run little squirrels, run all you little critters.. Originally Posted by sabrelvssammy
Bank of America is THE godfather of Hell with Wells Fargo running neck and neck. When the world ends the only things that will be left are cockroaches, Walmart, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Not necessarily in that order. The order remains to be seen.
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01-01-2010, 10:05 PM #13Registered User
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oh my NOOOO....i'm a vegan...i was referring to grass and tree bark..... Originally Posted by NikoSan999
“After the last tree has been cut down, after the last river has been poisoned, after the last fish has been caught.
Only then will you find that money can't be eaten.”
~ Cree Indian Prophecy
2012 goals:
Weight today: 115.2
Goal weight for next weigh-in (4/7): 113.5
Final Goal Weight: 110Goal weight date: May 18, 2012 Loss/Gain since yesterday: Total loss to date: 9.2 lbsDays until final goal weight:
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01-01-2010, 10:29 PM #14Registered User
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Oh, I knew that and forgot. Ok then, lets see...dandelions for tea, coffee, greens. Some flowers and sure you could find lots more. There's a lady on here that does just that. Interesting...but I like my Folgers way to well....could live with meat but gotta have my coffee
Bank of America is THE godfather of Hell with Wells Fargo running neck and neck. When the world ends the only things that will be left are cockroaches, Walmart, Wells Fargo and Bank of America. Not necessarily in that order. The order remains to be seen.
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Year / $
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Accomp/15
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01-01-2010, 10:45 PM #15Registered User
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i think i better take the garden serious this year.... (and i cannot grow a garden to save my life)...dh thinks its hysterical... i get all excited...plant all this stuff...half doesn't come up...the other half dies...(and i do water it)... however i can grow tomatoes, green peppers, squash...so we will be eating lots of those....
(or i could just wait til dark and steal everything out of the neighbors garden...lol).....
"huh...your garden...? its all gone...? that's terrible....what do you think happened....? i tell ya...the world has gone to hell in a handbasket"....
“After the last tree has been cut down, after the last river has been poisoned, after the last fish has been caught.
Only then will you find that money can't be eaten.”
~ Cree Indian Prophecy
2012 goals:
Weight today: 115.2
Goal weight for next weigh-in (4/7): 113.5
Final Goal Weight: 110Goal weight date: May 18, 2012 Loss/Gain since yesterday: Total loss to date: 9.2 lbsDays until final goal weight:
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