It hasn't been fun, right now I have a limited amount of money on hand and the prospect of any new money coming in is just plain uncertain at this point.

Here's something I did the other day. I had to meet with a prospective client at the Starbucks located in the Barnes & Noble store in Clifton (this is a bad bad place for me, it's happens to be my favorite place for impulse shopping). A nice perk about this was, when I bought my 'basic' coffee (I don't drink any coffee drink I have to use a foreign accent to order correctly), the Barista asked if I had a B & N card, apparently this Starbucks will give you a discount if you have the card.   Now, this is the first time I have had 'take out' coffee in several months. So, I didn't feel so guilty, I forfeited my daily expenditure of $1.75 of newspapers I buy daily.

My newest plan for spending is, if I want something, I am going to put it on a list with the date I wanted it.   The theory is that at the end 6 weeks, I will really know if I really need or want the item.

I also needed to pick up one item from the supermarket. I held off getting it, figuring if I go in for one item, chances are I will find something else to spend money on, so I can hold on that items purchase until I have a list and need to go to the supermarket.

Thinking about having a garage sale in the spring, clearing out some of this unwanted stuff I have hanging around this house, that I am not using.

- Wendy

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