Well, here it is Pay Day Friday!
I am very very pleased to report that I have between $40 - $50 leftover this week. I have not yet counted my change.
I take that money and put in a jar marked "save", and use it to buy something that I normally wouldn't buy (like a treat) or save up to buy something I really want. This keeps me feeling very motivated to not spend money, I know that everything else has been taken care of, and it's a very nice reward. This week though, I am going to use it to buy the kids new shoes. One of our local shoe stores (in the nearby city) is having their buy one get one half price sale. Our daughter really needs shoes, and our son always seems to need new shoes! I buy almost everything else for them second hand, but shoes are very important at this age especially while their feet are still growing, and they certainly get our money's worth from use! If there is any cash leftover, we will put it back in the "save" jar.
Happy Friday to you, and I hope you have a great weekend.
Just to follow up... I had exactly $47 left over from last two week's budget, and the shoes came to $45.12.. that leaves enough for a coffee! I was so pleased that I could buy them new shoes (I would have anyways, shoes are a necessity for kids) and I didn't have to step over into this next budget! It was a great feeling to be able to do that!
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