Like I said yesterday, our "no spend" month kind of fizzled out... I went to Best Buy and found a floor model side-by-side refrigerator that would be perfect for us. Fortunately the price was dropped from $1099 to $699 and it will be delivered for free. And since I was spending money with abandon, I decided to pick up a couple of TVs that were on sale as well. I was thisclose to buying a new washer and dryer set but they wouldn't give me a better price (since I was buying so much at Best Buy I wanted even more of a discount but they wouldn't give me a discount so I just got the fridge). I used my (quickly unfrozen) credit card for these purchases so I can get some additional cash back; I figure I will pay this off with my earnings from this month and next month before I get a new washer and dryer (since our washer and dryer are old, I was pretty amazed at all of the new bells and whistles on new machines). Ughhh I am so done with spending money.
Daily update
- Walk: 2 miles (921 miles to go!)
- No spend: Total spent today $1299.68. $45.95 for gas, $18.39 at Ross (shower curtain and ear buds to listen to music when I walk), Target $432.38 (2 32" TVs for the guest rooms), $759.68 at Best Buy for a refrigerator, $1.67 for a donut at Dunkin Donuts (expensive!), and $30.80 at Albertsons (2 lbs pasta, 2 jars pasta sauce, potato chips, 2 cans tomatoes, 18 eggs, 1 lb pork, 4 lbs chicken, bundle of chard, 2 lbs strawberries, 1 lb turkey, 1 loaf French bread). I almost forgot, we had Subway for lunch--$10.81.
- Update this blog: yep
- Update client's blog: no, I will do a post tomorrow because we were so busy today
- Photo: yep
- Genealogy: a bit of research on one person
- Writing: a couple of paragraphs
Funny, after all those big purchases, I am left thinking "$1.67 for a doughnut?" LOL!
ReplyDeleteI was shocked too. At the grocery store bakery donuts are like 75 cents each!
DeleteA good fridge is an investment. The TVs, not so much, but I understand you wanting to make your house guests more comfortable. $1.67 for a donut at DD? Did it have gold plated sprinkles? lol! Using a credit card? Not the end of the world, but you may have to change the title of your blog if you make it a habit. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI actually started using one credit card just for gas and groceries to help me keep a handle on how much we actually spend each month and it's a lot more than I thought!
Since I have a cash back credit card, I figured if I save it for big purchases I can save additional money (but I would hate to change the name of the blog!). And I was surprised at how much donuts were at DD as I hadnt been there in ages.
DeleteSo we got a little best buy crazy? Isn't it funny how when you let go, you feel like you can really let go!
ReplyDeleteWe did get a little crazy and we did let go. Im trying to reel myself back in now (well at least until next month when I hunt down a new washer and dryer). eekkk
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