Today is the last day of my Financial week and at 3.30pm on Saturday afternoon I now know that I won,t be spending any more money. The Christmas Party that we had arranged with the girls I work beside has been rained off, not just rained off but poured off. It is now a matter of some urgency to get the Ark finished.
Total spend for 05 Dec 2010 - 11 Dec 2010: $510.00
| CHRISTMAS 2010 | ||
| 2010-12-10 | Gifts | $132.00 |
| TOTAL FOR CHRISTMAS 2010 | $132.00 | |
| CLOTHES | ||
| 2010-12-10 | Millars Clothing | $13.00 |
| TOTAL FOR CLOTHES | $13.00 | |
| COFFEE WITH ROSE | ||
| 2010-12-10 | Coffees | $12.00 |
| TOTAL FOR COFFEE WITH ROSE | $12.00 | |
| DEBT | ||
| 2010-12-10 | Lion Finance | $25.00 |
| TOTAL FOR DEBT | $25.00 | |
| ENTERTAINMENT | ||
| 2010-12-07 | Christmas Night Out | $40.00 |
| TOTAL FOR ENTERTAINMENT | $40.00 | |
| FOOD TREATS | ||
| 2010-12-10 | Christmas Lunch Out | $56.00 |
| TOTAL FOR FOOD TREATS | $56.00 | |
| GARAGE SALE | ||
| 2010-12-11 | Bird Feeder Jugs and Lights | $8.00 |
| TOTAL FOR GARAGE SALE | $8.00 | |
| GROCERIES | ||
| 2010-12-10 | Aldi | $162.00 |
| 2010-12-11 | Morning Rolls | $6.00 |
| TOTAL FOR GROCERIES | $168.00 | |
| MOBILE PHONE | ||
| 2010-12-10 | 3 mobile | $56.00 |
| TOTAL FOR MOBILE PHONE | $56.00 | |
| SPENDLESS YEAR | ||
| 2010-12-05 | Spend Less Day | $0.00 |
| 2010-12-06 | Spend Less Day | $0.00 |
| 2010-12-08 | Spend Less Day | $0.00 |
| 2010-12-09 | Spend Less Day | $0.00 |
| TOTAL FOR SPENDLESS YEAR | $0.00 | |
| TOTAL | $510.00 |
As you can see I have had 4 no spend days this week, so I,m happy about that. What I am not so happy about is that I bought a new piece of clothing, a really light cotton top, which I really wanted and needed in a nice shade of denim blue, still it was marked down very heavily from $39.99 to $13.00.
You might notice that I bought at a Garage Sale, that happened this morning my Kids and Grandkids had come over to have a family breakfast with us and had noticed a Garage Sale just around the corner from our house. So off we all trotted and we were so glad we did, the Bird Feeder I bought was $1 I looked it up online and it retailed for $50 and it was still boxed. I bought heavy duty lights for outside in our patio area for $4 and because he had a set without a plug on he threw them in as well, and last but not least 2 gorgeous little glass milk jugs for $1 each. They will be perfect on my Dinner table. I have added a photo of the exact Bird Feeder, now all I need are the Sunflower Seeds to attract our native birds. I can see me getting a lot of enjoyment out of it.
Congrats on the no spend days!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I really like this new layout with the tables to show your spending. Much easier to read :)
Thanks FB I cut and paste this straight from my account at spendingdiary.com
ReplyDeleteAre there squirrels where you live? That birdfeeder style looks like it would do a great job preventing squirrels from accessing the sunflower seeds.That is our major problem around here - squirrels! They get into everything. Some idiot in the neighbourhood feeds them peanuts in the shell and they like to bury them in my flowerpots. I sometimes have to replant my flowers several times as I come home from work to find them all laying outside the pot and peanuts "planted" instead.
ReplyDelete#$78$#?5%ing squirrels!! My brother is having an ongoing battle keeping squirrels out of his bird feeders. His solution? He has hung several feeders from his clothesline and put the clothesline through several beer cans on each side of the feeders so when the squirrel steps on a beercan the can turns and off goes the squirrel. It's working so far.
Love the nice neat chart. I'm still inputting my data on spenddiary but I think it's going to work really well once I get my categories all sorted out. (I like the pie graphs too)
Funnily enough it did say on the packaging that it kept Squirrels out, we had a laugh as we don,t get them over here.
ReplyDeleteI love the pie charts too, although they are a bit colourless, and they don,t cut and paste.
Wow, you did fabulous on the budget! and 4 no spends? Awesome.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for using up your letter to Santa on me. It is greatly appreciated. You are a good friend. :)!
Sharon it was my absolute pleasure.
ReplyDeletethat bird feeder was a good find! and well done on the no spend days
ReplyDeleteLouise I am finding the challenge of not buying new such fun. Maybe Garage sales will become my new hobby.
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