When you Fail

Dear Friends, Yesterday I “failed”. I spent money, on myself. I don’t mind spending money on friends or “cheating” by using a gift card but yesterday I blatantly pulled out my cash that has been sitting pretty for 23 days and willingly handed it over the counter. For things I did not need. Well I…

Halfway

Dear Friends, I’m halfway through the spending freeze and it’s been both easier than I thought and harder than I thought. Event week was a daily fight when it came to what was permissible and what was not. Some rules got bent, some got followed. But honestly at the end of it, I just at…

Just Keep Swimming

Dear Friends, Today was day 1 of the 7 ruined my life: Spending Freeze. I woke up, looked at my phone, saw it was the 1st and thought “YES!!! That planner I’ve been dreaming of pre-orders today” to quickly remember that pre-orders require money that I’m not spending this month. Oh well. If it’s there…