Chickafinty ~ A Life in the Laundry

A new challenge

We're seriously thinking about setting ourselves a challenge for next week.  We're thinking about having a Zero Spend Week.  That is an entire week (7 days) without spending any money on anything except groceries and petrol.  Of course regular payments still get made - the fixed expenses stuff - but no discretionary spending at all.

We plan to each have a small amount i.e. $20 in our wallets for emergencies like parking at the hospital...coffee at Gloria Jeans is NOT an emergency :)  But the overall aim is to have that $20 in the wallet still at the end of the week and no waving of the debit card at an EFTPOS machine.  It's a tad scary I must admit, but I wonder how it would actually go?  I'll keep updating through the week and let you know how it's going.

The Plan...

1. Analyse the findings from a year's worth of statements
2. Staunch the bleeding
3. Sign up for PearBudget
4. Begin again

(Mister Bear informs me that his weight has dropped 1.5kg - 3.3 pounds - in a week just by bringing lunch from home to the office and not buying take away.  Good news already as there are no places near his new office to buy lunch anyway)