kelaina: (not_ok_icon)
For the love of fuck, what is UP with livejournal today? It's constantly timing out on me, the bastard.

In other news, it's Day 3 of the No Money Spending Unless It's Really Necessary. So far? I've spent $7.50. It was on tampons, and plastic utensils, because I had a dinner party last night and I ALWAYS run out of forks and these were only a dollar.

"What?" I hear you say. "That's not necessary!" And you know what, you're absolutely right. Unfortunately, I've opened them, and I can't take them back. (And the tampons were, I'm sorry, an absolutely vital, I NEEDED THEM RIGHT THEN necessity. Plus I was completely out.) I can, however, take back the plastic plates and cups, which I might do. I'm not sure, because I suspect I will be needing them in the future.

So my total is down to 92.50 right now. Twenty two more days to go, and I really, really don't want to use it all up. However, I am obligated to do a couple of things this month which will, unfortunately, require money. Fortunately, it's not a lot of money (it comes to a total of $14, roughly), so I'm thinking I will either save up my spare change (laugh if you want, but it always seems to multiply) or just dip into the hundred.

Also, I have plenty of leftover lentils and brown rice (it's yummy, stop gagging), and I just remembered I left some frozen fish in Tom's freezer, so I really should be good to go for the next twenty days. And of course, tomorrow I have to go to New Bern for my grandmother's birthday. Gas is a necessity here, but I don't plan to go over eight dollars. Thank God for low prices right now.

Having a hell of a hard time keeping up with Nano, what with several end of term projects to worry about. Always seem to be one day behind. Speaking of projects, I need to finish writing two more pages on my geography tourism project.
kelaina: (dollar_icon)
In the midst of pre-exam crunch, last minute papers, and Nanowrimo, I've decided to do a little experiement.

For twenty five days (Nov.6 to Dec. 1), I'm not going to spend any money on anything that is not essential. No coffee from Starbucks, no take out, no renting DVDs.

Thanks to Reader's Digest, I've decided to try it. I'll pay rent and utilities. I've got a budget of $100 this month in case I run out of food in my pantry--unlikely, considering there's enough ramen to feed three starving Ethiopian families in there. My internet (thanks, ECU!) is free. I have not one, but two libraries within walking distance, one of which lets you check out DVDs for free. There are tons of gorgeous parks and stores I've been meaning to explore, and B&N always lets you read and not buy. The simple trick? I leave the wallet in my car (safely hidden). If I don't bring it with me, I can't buy anything.

To make sure I wouldn't go malnourished (and to see if I had anything for a dinner party I'm holding tommrrow), I checked my fridge today before leaving for class. I have a ton of stuff I forgot about. I can make chickenless noodle soup for dinner tonight with toast, eggs for tommrrow morning (or grab a strawberry breakfast bar from my cupboard), and hardboil eggs on my hour off, or just wait til I'm done with classes. I'm making lentils and brown rice for the dinner party tommrrow, and I have water, root beer, and juice.

(I'm in college. My dinner parties are NEVER elegant.)

I know I've got several things I need to do this month that I have to plan ahead for. But I'm determined not to break that hundred dollar cap.

We'll see how it goes.

ETA: I've been spending time tracking down the best deals for Christmas presents. So far reallygreattoys.com and Warlock Videos are good.

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