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I can not spend money on
-Multiple coffees a day. One is MORE than enough!
-Anything for LO... i buy him things all the time and its gotta stop!! (exceptions- diapers and wipes!) This one is gonna be HARD!
- Things not on my weekly meal plan at the grocery store

@MrsTiz: girlll you need to slow down on clothes buying!! step away from h&m who knows what size your little guy will end up being!!

I am not trying for no spending, but smart spending.. we need stuff for the house, and fall clothes, but I'm trying not to go bananas. Specifically avoiding stuff off my grocery list!

I'm also trying to boost income (albeit in a small way) with 2 new survey companies, a new mystery shop company, and a closet clean out

I am in!

Oh man, I can not spend money on:

Anything for the house until I finish unpacking
Clothes for my son or me
Toiletries until I use up what I have

I am joining.

@MrsTiz: that's fair

I'm down for this challenge for sure! There should be a thread for trying to keep DH's from spending! lol

I'm going to try really hard to meal plan this month and stick to grocery shopping with a list. No extra junk, or processed/boxed crap I could easily DIY for less money.

Day 1 is already a challenge - DH suggested first thing that we combine our fun money to buy new sheets. I am going to try distraction techniques to delay that purchase as long as I can!

@regberadaisy: Are halloween costumes exempt? that's a holiday, right??

@regberadaisy: we don't NEED them. We just have a regular fitted sheet on a pillowtop mattress + feather mattress pad. So it doesn't fit at all and pops off all the time.
DH is just annoyed with it and wants a deep pocket fitted sheet. I think if I beat him to making the bed every morning maybe he'll forget about it for a while! haha

@regberadaisy: Is it spending money if I use gift cards? I found $60 of gift cards this weekend and ordered B the spider costume from PBK, it was $49 but shipping was $11. Ridiculous.

@plantains: I'm trying to do the same thing! last night we used up some frozen samosas we've had forever, as well as some rice (we have waaaay too much rice right now). sometime this week I'm going to force DH to eat grilled cheese and tomato soup for dinner. we have a ton of sliced cheese and I'm sick of staring at this one can of soup we have had for ages and ages

@plantains: make the soup lady! Sounds like a great lunch! Even though I was tired I did a lot of food prep after grocery shopping on saturday. Strawberries were BOGO free so I got 4 boxes. I chopped them ALL (so many strawberries, ugh!), put a container in the fridge and the rest in the freezer. We can use them for my oatmeal, smoothies, etc. I also made tortellini pasta salad and have been eating that for lunches - yummy!

@plantains: Trust me I'm not that organized! I'm trying to get better though because in the past we have thrown out so much food that has gone bad and it kills me! I can't tell you how many times I've tossed moldy fruit, and that's money down the drain! I made myself do it all on the same day I did grocery shopping. I just powered through for one day so I could relax about food for the rest of the week.

@travellingbee: how old is your LO? An A&A lovey is one of the temptations I'm currently trying to resist! Don't tempt me woman! your no food shopping sounds like a good compromise!

@travellingbee: LOL, it's okay, I forgive you!
I'm earning swagbucks during downtime at work, so I can get a lovey that way! My LO is almost 4 months so I think I've got a little time.