As with any life change there is nothing better you can do than chronicle your journey.
So week one.
Starting off is always the hardest. For practical purposes it is really better to start right after a large grocery shopping trip. So the day before you set as your payday- go shopping and get all of the random things that you are out of. This will go a long way to helping you even things out. How hard it is to get started depends a lot on just how tight your finances are and what your exact situation is. If you are like we are- you make enough money to cover your bills but just seem to blow a lot of money. You may find that you have so many bills (Today’s Money) and debts (Yesterday’s Money) that you really don’t have enough to live on every day.
If that is the case please- look at the top of this page and either click START or CONTACT ME. I want to help you out of your financial pickle.
Now, our first week.
We got our money out of the bank. And spent it. All of it. And we don’t know what we spent it on. There were multiple trips to Wal-Mart. We ate out a time or two, we filled up the car with gas. And the money was gone.
Here is something to remember- let’s say you pay yourself $250 every week- you can only spend $25 ten different times before you are out of money! So you fill up your tank with gas and you have spent 1 and a half of those times.
Next week we have both Valentine’s Day AND Ella’s second birthday party to spend on! So it should be an interesting week.