My Weekend Wallet
The biggest lesson I learned this weekend was more of a reminder: I have got to let go. All weekend, I was thinking how I was spending a lot of money; it just felt like it was really adding up because I was spending so frequently. I ate out 7-8 times, which is a little ridiculous. Yet, it turns out, I managed to keep it at $131 total spending. And that $131 wasn’t all on food: part was that I spent $28 on gifts, $50 on my RX copay and $12 on toiletries.
How do you know when you’ve crossed the line between frugal and psycho? I don’t know. Maybe it’s when you’re worried about spending more than $4 on dinner because you know you’re meeting other friends in an hour, who will also expect you to order something.
Anyway, here’s the approximate breakdown:
Friday night
- $9 dinner, greek pita and ice cream
Saturday
- $5 breakfast, coffee/bagels
- $3 snack, Argo tea
- $15 lunch, pizza & shared dessert (at Spacca Napoli, again!)
- $4 dinner with friends, soup
- $5 dinner with other friends, shared some of what everyone else got
- $28 GIFT, gift card and card for Dad for Father’s Day
- $50 RX, Wal-Mart
- $12.83 tolietries, Wal-Mart (shampoo, conditioner, face wash)
Sunday
- $0 breakfast with family
- $0 lunch/dinner at home
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I know I need to let go. I get so worked up sometimes about even the smallest amount of money that I spend on seemingly frivolous things, like Starbucks. And then going for a coffee with a friend is not as enjoyable…and that’s sad for me. I want to go and enjoy myself for the company and forget the money (as long as it is within reason)
Personally it has gotten worse for me in the last few months because I am not working and the prospect of going into debt for school looms. I’m very afraid of debt, but I just need to remember that I am fairly responsible and that this is necessary for right now.
I know. It’s such a fine line, isn’t it?