Bought my own website!

Finally I took the plunge!

I had to go with a different name, so if you follow in a reader you will need to change to my new blog address.....www.ourdaileylife.com

Join me for the ride!

No Spend Challenge Days 7 and 8

 

I had to spend some money yesterday.

Out of necessity.

I watch a darling little girl every Friday afternoon to Saturday evening. Her mom is a single parent, working and attending school, and her schedule at work doesn’t mesh with a typical daycare provider. My pre-teen daughter and I take turns watching her, that way we both get some pocket money.

This weekend, the kids got out of school Friday at noon. After we got home Iris (aka little girl) told me she was very hungry. Turns out she didn’t eat lunch at school because she forgot to bring it and she doesn’t have a lunch account (I can’t believe the school didn’t feed her).  All the kids had a snack, and then a few hours later they had dinner. We left so I could take my kids to the drop-off site for their non-custodial parenting time, and Iris and I headed to my sisters for the night. Everything was fine until I asked Iris to get ready for bed.

No pajamas in her bag.

No clean underclothes in her bag.

No inhaler in her bag.

No jacket in her bag.

No jeans or sweatshirt in her bag – only shorts. It’s going to be rainy and 50 degrees, people.

And she was hungry again.

I had to buy a few things for her.

Would you count this against the challenge?

No Spend Challenge Day 6

Still no spending here.

I’m afraid my posts are getting a bit dull, repetitive and boring.

I can’t help it. My son is sick again/still. Poor guy. He threw up in the classroom towards the end of the day yesterday, and thinks the other kids might be angry with him. He is still feeling yucky, so he gets to hang out with mama today. I see hours of HGTV in the future.

And Hoarding.

I’m slightly obsessed with that show, so him being home is a great excuse for me to catch up on all my dvr shows.

Back to the spending, I may have a problem this weekend. There is a big junk/vintage kind of sale in Monticello, and I’ll only be a few miles away. I reeaally want to stop in and look around.

Decisions, decisions.

No Spend Challenge Day 5

 

It’s 12:30 pm and I haven’t spent any money all month.

I had an email conversation earlier today and mentioned that this may not be as hard as I thought, because I’m 17 miles from the nearest store. If I still lived in the Twin Cities there is no. way. I would be able to do this. 

That conversation also reminded me about another addendum to my plans. If my husband stops at the grocery store on his way home from work and buys milk, eggs, etc. ~ WITHOUT BEING SPECIFICALLY ASKED TO ~ I’m not counting it as a purchase.

Regardless of who eats it.

No Spend Challenge Day 4

I’m on a roll. A bankroll!

(I kill me.)

I have not spent any money this month. Woot!

I need to clarify my no-spending policy. I will have to purchase gas, which I stated at the beginning of the challenge. I also have to pay the monthly bills. I’m just not buying anything else. This includes DS games and Bruno Mars cds. Sorry kids.

It’s been easy up to this point.  A lot of cleaning and purging and decisions.

One of the decisions I’ve made is to learn everything I can about blogging. I really want to learn more about the technical side and delve into social media. So, when Kristi at CreativeKristi offered a free How To Blog class, I jumped.

We had our first conference call via Skype last night. There is so much to learn. I really thought my years of working in the computer hardware and software industry would help, but the technology changes so quickly.  I scribbled so many notes! Today I’m madly deciphering them. I can’t wait until next week!

No Spend Challenge Day 3

 

It’s 4:30 pm. Do you know what is in your wallet?

Mine is full. of. money.

I did not spend any money yesterday.

I have not spent any money today.

I may have spent a lot of time cleaning today (see notes from Day 2).

 

No Spend Challenge Day 2

 

It’s 8 am.

I did not spend any money yesterday.

At all. Not even on gas. Yippee!!

It helped that I didn’t leave the house.

And we were babysitting a five year old.

And my daughter has a broken toe.

And my son threw up three times.

Here’s to a better day today!