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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Week 2: Spend $0 in February (or as close to it as possible)

We are still working on our goal to spend as little as possible for the month of February, keeping our usually credit card, which is usually a couple thousand dollars a month to as close to $0 as possible.

Week 2

Day 1
no spending

Day 2
I had to get gas. $30 did co on the card :(

Day 3
Had to pay some t-ball related expenses for shirts and team banner. Total $35. I think we are about even now on the money we got reimbursed from our sign up fees for being team manager, so that purchase is fine.

Day 4
no money spent

Day 5
I saw a groupon type coupon I really wanted for ice skating. We went once before on a coupon deal and the boys had a great time and keep asking to go back. This was definitely not a justifiable purchase though, so I had to get creative. I bartered with my sister. She bought the deal for me, now I owe her babysitting and a loaf of pumpkin and banana bread.

Day 6
Needed some produce.
Spent $6.75 at Sprouts.
Spent $18 at Walmart on bagels, yogurt, and pull ups that Will wears at night.
These purchases went on an old gift card we got from a rebate that we had.

I had found 2 old groupon type codes for Papa Johns. I thought I had used them up, but realized I hadn't. It said on them that they expired, but I tried and it worked. So we got pizza without spending any money tonight. It tasted really good... especially up against all the freezer food we've been eating

Day 6
no spending

Day 7
Valentine's Day!
I had a few things I bought a long time ago so I made little gift cups up for the boys. I wanted to decorate but realize I didn't have any crepe papers or balloons or anything. We had many valentine picture crafts Will had made so I hung them all up. Grandma Kathy was here with us and had gotten 2 mylar balloons at the dollar store so that livened things up too. She took us out to lunch on Valentines day. Thanks Grandma Kathy!

Weekly Total:
$30 on credit card (gas)
$28 on gift card (food and night diapers)
$35 cash (for Tball stuff)

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