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Spending Break Updates
Jan. 12th, 2020 10:04 pmSo, I made it... about a week before dashing into a Starbucks. It was yesterday, and even though it was the weekend I had to be up pretty early to make it to my InterPlay (dance/storytelling/improv thing) workshop, since it started at 9:45 in Takoma, completely the other side of the city.
And I didn't have any breakfast food in the house. So I stopped in at Starbucks for a coffee and some cream cheese stuffed mini bagels, as well as a cheese and fruit plate to have for lunch.
And, on the way back after InterPlay, I was definitely going by the letter rather than the spirit of my rules, because while I haven't eaten at the Nando's in Rosslyn, I have been to a Nando's before and since it's a chain, the menu is the same.
A few years ago, I probably would have seen this as a reason to give up on the whole thing, but thankfully I'm less of a perfectionist now; I think I may officially have become a good-enoughist.
For reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture but which weren't directly related tothe spending break, I've been paying for stuff with cash all week. I have concluded from this that the personal finance expert-y types are corrrect that paying for things with cash feels more real than plastic. However, I've always had 2 major problems with it--carrying any significant amount of cash makes me nervous, and with cards, i have at least a general idea of where my money went even without saving receipts (which I always think I'll do, but then i just randomly find them much later and throw them out). But I had idea today for a fix for problem #2--I could try taking pictures of receipts on my phone
And I didn't have any breakfast food in the house. So I stopped in at Starbucks for a coffee and some cream cheese stuffed mini bagels, as well as a cheese and fruit plate to have for lunch.
And, on the way back after InterPlay, I was definitely going by the letter rather than the spirit of my rules, because while I haven't eaten at the Nando's in Rosslyn, I have been to a Nando's before and since it's a chain, the menu is the same.
A few years ago, I probably would have seen this as a reason to give up on the whole thing, but thankfully I'm less of a perfectionist now; I think I may officially have become a good-enoughist.
For reasons that don't need exploring at this juncture but which weren't directly related tothe spending break, I've been paying for stuff with cash all week. I have concluded from this that the personal finance expert-y types are corrrect that paying for things with cash feels more real than plastic. However, I've always had 2 major problems with it--carrying any significant amount of cash makes me nervous, and with cards, i have at least a general idea of where my money went even without saving receipts (which I always think I'll do, but then i just randomly find them much later and throw them out). But I had idea today for a fix for problem #2--I could try taking pictures of receipts on my phone
