Oh Man.. Pauper month is so impossible.
Gas on Thursday (when it was cheapy thursday! 133/litre) - $33 to top-up.
Flowers for Mom & Pau Pau - still costed an extra $23
Replace the scarf I bought and left at the cottage - $17
Dinner & Party Platter for Ferdi's - $23
Groceries for Saturday cocotte night - $50
Misc from pharmacy - $24
And I'm getting my hair done tomorrow...
$50?
Total weekend: $220
Thankfully when I went shopping for sandals today, they were FREE! :)
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Let's try again
Okay-- so I quickly read over the last post from last year (when I didn't get my expected raise).
I want to give this another go/try. My family and Martin are away this week, so I'm totally on my own. I've been watching a lot of "Princess" lately and I want to see if I can live on a $50 cash diet (for now, that's not so bad. I haven't had to buy any food).. yet.
It should be perfectly easy-- however, once gas gets into the picture, we'll see. Let me think... Normally I spend about 75 litres of gas. If price of gas is about ~1.35-1.40 a litre and I need to fill up twice, my gas budget should be... $215 a month if I'm taking regular.
That's already my entire $50/month budget. :/ Damn.. If I want to stick to $50/month everything in, I can't drive. A bus pass is $75.50 (or about $18.88 a week).
What should I be left with for entertainment and food?
Technically when mom is home, I don't need to pay for food, so it's all: Entertainment & Food. I don't think I should spend more than $50 a week on variables. (Coffees, snacks, entertainment, dining out..)
Have to think about this.
I want to give this another go/try. My family and Martin are away this week, so I'm totally on my own. I've been watching a lot of "Princess" lately and I want to see if I can live on a $50 cash diet (for now, that's not so bad. I haven't had to buy any food).. yet.
It should be perfectly easy-- however, once gas gets into the picture, we'll see. Let me think... Normally I spend about 75 litres of gas. If price of gas is about ~1.35-1.40 a litre and I need to fill up twice, my gas budget should be... $215 a month if I'm taking regular.
That's already my entire $50/month budget. :/ Damn.. If I want to stick to $50/month everything in, I can't drive. A bus pass is $75.50 (or about $18.88 a week).
What should I be left with for entertainment and food?
Technically when mom is home, I don't need to pay for food, so it's all: Entertainment & Food. I don't think I should spend more than $50 a week on variables. (Coffees, snacks, entertainment, dining out..)
Have to think about this.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Pauper Month
So yearly reviews have come around, and suprise suprise-- I don`t end up getting what I wanted. I`ve also been overspending since I stopped using my spend-tracker, and feel financially in the dumps. What happens now? I've been rethinking about how I manage my money, and to be honest-- I can't say that I have been really looking at it at all lately. That is about to change.
Reality has set in, and I so I've decided to perhaps do something radical.
1) Don't spend anything other than what is absolutely necessary. This means gas, and perhaps some money for 'outside foods', but not much. I'm going to try giving myself $20 for the entire month. This is going to be intense, considering I can normally spend 800-1000$ a month. Considering gas, as well as my 20$ outside food splurge, that puts me maybe at a $220 spending limit for the month. I'll refine as I get closer.
2) Start managing my money and deciding where to invest. Start investing. I've put about 5 Gs into a TFSA to fill up my remaining limit for this year. I'll have to read up a bit more on the start date of the new year-- ie: when we're given an extra 5k space.
3) I'll probably have to find out a bunch of things that I can do to pass the time (and still enjoy it!) without having to chuck out dollars. Hopefully my boyfriend will be able to put up with me for this month.
So that's it! I'll try my best to stick with it. I'll write whatever comes up! I'm expecting this to be very hard, but also a great learning experience.
Wish me luck!
Reality has set in, and I so I've decided to perhaps do something radical.
1) Don't spend anything other than what is absolutely necessary. This means gas, and perhaps some money for 'outside foods', but not much. I'm going to try giving myself $20 for the entire month. This is going to be intense, considering I can normally spend 800-1000$ a month. Considering gas, as well as my 20$ outside food splurge, that puts me maybe at a $220 spending limit for the month. I'll refine as I get closer.
2) Start managing my money and deciding where to invest. Start investing. I've put about 5 Gs into a TFSA to fill up my remaining limit for this year. I'll have to read up a bit more on the start date of the new year-- ie: when we're given an extra 5k space.
3) I'll probably have to find out a bunch of things that I can do to pass the time (and still enjoy it!) without having to chuck out dollars. Hopefully my boyfriend will be able to put up with me for this month.
So that's it! I'll try my best to stick with it. I'll write whatever comes up! I'm expecting this to be very hard, but also a great learning experience.
Wish me luck!
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