...by this lunch challenge. Yesterday was my second day this week that I didn't/forgot to bring a lunch.
The going away party for K was last night, and as such, I went in for a 10-6 shift yesterday instead of my regular 7:30 - 3:30, that way I just headed straight to the party. Besides, it was soooooo nice to sleep in. Problem was, I was enjoying sleeping in too much and left the house without and lunch or breakfast. Siiigh.
I have a jar of mandarins and some jell-o at work, but it wasn't enough to tide me over. Sigh.
In other bad news, I have now gone through my whole food budget this month. Last month I budgeted $300 for food, and this month I dropped it down to $200. So, I'm going to try my hardest not to buy any more food - it shouldn't be impossible since my folks buy most of the groceries for my house. Whoops.
I have also been thinking about using the 'envelope system' as a budget when I go to London. I think that an all-cash budget will work out best for me while I'm there, since I don't know how many fees I'm going to be paying should I want to pay via debit, credit etc. However, I don't like the idea of carrying actual 'envelopes' around - so I'm going to keep my eyes open for some smaller, change purses or billfolds - if I could get three or four different colors, I could grab whichever ones I need when I went out. I like the idea of depositing my paycheque and pulling out the cash, taking out the money for rent/utilities and then splitting it all into little coin purses and off I go! That way I wouldn't have to take any more money out for the month, and I can minimize the fees.
I've been watching a lot of "Till Debt do us Part" on Slice here at work ( I don't get Slice at home - I have what I like to call "Advanced Peasent Vision...") and they always use jars to put money in for their expenses. I like that idea as well (especially when I get carried away thinking I could find vintage antique jars at a market or something...), but I'm not sure I should be staking all my money in open jars in a bedroom in a shared house... Not sure about the security of all that. The jars are nice if you are splitting your expenses with a spouse or something, but mine will be all to myself.
Do any of you use the envelope budgeting system? How do you go about it??
I'm getting kicked in the pants...
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Posted by Leanna at 2:37 PM
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2 comments:
I never had much luck with the envelope system, I know folks who swear by it, but I just could never get the hang of it. I just check my spending progress weekly on a spreadsheet and I seem to have better luck with that.
Good point about the money envelopes/jars when you are sharing a house with someone... It may not be the safest.
I'm sure you'll figure it all out once you get there :-)
p.s. I love that show too!!
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