$0.41 another stamp
$3.38 groceries
$3.79 total
Okay, I was down by $47.52. Now I'm down by $33.73.
Now, I realize that, ideally, I shouldn't have spent any money today. But I think all this was justified.
I had to buy another stamp for graduation invitations, and as previously mentioned, I am not about to feel guilty for announcing this incredible life accomplishment. If I had Osama Bin Laden's address, I'd be spending 90 cents to deliver a crappy gold-engraved quad-fold (in two envelopes, mind you!) to a cave in Pakistan.
The groceries were way frugal. I bought a dozen eggs (on sale for $1.99 instead of $3.69 and when the hell did a dozen eggs start costing four bucks???) and a loaf of bread (on sale for $1.39 instead of $1.59). If you say that a meal can be two fried eggs on two pieces of toast -- and I, for one, think that it can -- that $3.38 gets me six meals. Dude, that's 57 cents a meal. Plus I'll still have half a loaf of bread left over. Doesn't get much better than that.
So, I may be thirty bucks in the red, but at least I'm set for the next few days. I have some canned soup and I have some pasta and frozen veggies, and I have eggs.
Let the festivities begin.
2 comments:
Okay, I can definitely get behind the way you're amortizing because it takes time value of money into account.
On the list that you posted yesterday of the amount of money that you have, you may have up to 3% more if you can generate interest income by having money in a liquid money market account despite how low interest rates currently are. Something like the ING Orange Account could definitely help you build up a bit. That could bring you another $250 to $300 dollars by the end of the year. Well minus what you take out. Probably only about $150, but still that an extra 15 days. Thats called stretching cash.
For the sake of $150, I can't see that happening right now. At least not until after the bar exam. While I'd like to stretch my cash, I also don't think I can stretch my mental resources any further until my life has calmed down at bit.
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