Just finished my first full week of the new month, where I'm trying to spend more slowly by limiting myself to $15 a day. I've ended up right on target, having spent $105 this week (including one take-out dinner of cheese steaks). We've had to do without a couple of things for a day or two, but it hasn't been awful. There always seem to be substitutes, if we look around at home.
Here's a comparison of how I've been spending during the first week of each month:
May $187
April $198
March $167
February $212
January $254
Obviously, the pace IS much slower and there should be a lot more money left toward the end of the month. So I will keep going with it for now.
Latest experiment seems to be working
June 10th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
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