got a few frugal things done
Got an early start on my errands and shopping today; updates on my budget post.
Used the Kellogg's FPC, but it was priced at $6.49, the FPC subtracted $5.49, I paid $1.00, and when I opened it at home the box was half-full, probably due to 'settling', as they call it. IMO, not worth $6.49, but I'll add it to the other cold cereals mixed in an empty ice-cream pail, and it will be a welcome addition to the Corn Pops & Rice Krispies.
After a good rest, I'm going to make my turkey soup for supper, and hopefully some rhubarb desserts. Then continue to work away at organizing my sewing supplies, and do laundry. I like to have a few things going on at the same time. Today I improved the bathroom, by de-cluttering a floor vase of artificial flowers (threw out some of the rusty-wired ones, and kept the rest). Leaving my Christmas cards and photos out to cheer me, but will soon arrange them in a row on my LR curtain rod, where they will brighten my home for a few months yet.
updates on another busy day
No Spend Day today :)
Updates on my To-Do list: :smile:
- cooked beef roast, chilled & removed fat from stock, added stock to soup
- made turkey soup, chilled & froze 2 tubs, kept 1 pot for the fridge
- baked rhubarb cobbler, cut into 8 squares, froze 1 tub-full on their sides so they don't mash together, and can be divided easily later on; kept 1 tub for the fridge
- prepared rhubarb sorbet & froze 1 tub
- scraped the rest of the carrots, so as not to waste; would be good for carrot cake, with remainder of a can of Betty Crocker cream cheese frosting
- made 1 large cuppa tea from 1 Tetley teabag, put the bag into a jar, filled 3/4 full of boiled water to steep, re-heated later today for 2nd cuppa tea from the same teabag
- did most of laundry, will do last load tomorrow
To-Do another day::shrug:
- sew some more rag-rug strips together for rolling into rolls
- de-clutter and organize another sewing supplies drawer: (3/7 completed)
To-Do today, if & when I can stand again:
- slice roast beef and freeze portions
- take out the trash
- do all these dishes....:neutral:
To-Do, or Not To-Do today, that is the question?
- play some classical guitar solos in the background throughout the day
- read more on Warren Buffett's stock investments for 2012 :-~
dealing with emotional spending
This thread is all about financial honesty and willingness to be accountable to ourselves, and being overcomers & achievers through goal-setting and goal-getting. We are all just folks with X amount of dollars and Y amount of expenses.
Buyer's remorse...so true...spending because we feel emotionally upset or vulnerable to product-allure; buying consumer products in order to cope or for some another pay-off.
Other ways to cope with emotional spending: :shock: :( :frown: :mad: :bebored:
1. Time: wait a while; minutes, hours, days, weeks, months later you will feel better
2. Distance: put some distance between you and the bad experience, or temptation; (walk into another room, outdoors, hop a bus or go for a drive and renew your perspective)
3. Other experiences: choose positive experiences after a really bad one, or temptations; fill up on them. They don't have to be the kind that add pounds or subtract dollars, they can be beautiful music, relaxing exercies, looking at the stars, a walk in nature, looking a favourite photos, doing a chore that gives you a real sense of satisfaction, a spa hour at home & dressing nicely for your own meal with your best china, etc.
List your own.