I failed, I wanted to save 700 and only got half that. ONWARD! Reality checks are only bad if you don't put solutions to action.
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bought things i shouldn’t have but they brought me happiness. so i say i failed with panache
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Re: No-Spend February - Finance thread
OK, final report time!
Overall, a successful challenge, but not a perfect record, as several unavoidable expenses popped up. We had a grandmother birthday and also a little kid birthday pop up ,so we had to spend a bit on some gifts. I don't think that marks the event as a fail though, or if it does, the event sucks, because I am not going to tell my daughter's grandmother we couldn't get her a birthday gift because of a no-spend challenge! We ate out zero times My wife didn't go into a store for retail therapy even once. No coffees purchased the entire time. Zero online purchases, no trips to the movies etc. As explained earlier in the thread, we bought a car. This was pretty much unavoidable, as our car had become illegal to drive, and i wasn't throwing good money after bad repairing it when it was getting long in the tooth. This clearly falls under the Transportation category, which is allowed, so this is fine. I would also mention I have already replaced the entire amount withdrawn from savings for all fees, title, sales tax and the down payment (the portion not from the trade-in), so we are back where we were there. That said, we were unable to deposit any additional money into savings, so not a win in that regard. As for how much we were spending before? Our spending was the lowest it has been in the last six months, and this tracking included the money we spent getting the car.(!!!) Clearly some things were out of control previously! There are some factors I am unable to discuss to really piled on some expenses over the past few months, all of which have been completely mitigated or neutralized at this point, so from what I can tell, as long as we remain disciplined, we should be able to really start stacking up some savings this year. Overall, a rousing success! :) Now, I am off to buy a coffee at the place next door as a lil reward! ;) |
Originally Posted by Sedai (Post 2442630)
OK, final report time!
Overall, a successful challenge, but not a perfect record, as several unavoidable expenses popped up. We had a grandmother birthday and also a little kid birthday pop up ,so we had to spend a bit on some gifts. I don't think that marks the event as a fail though, or if it does, the event sucks, because I am not going to tell my daughter's grandmother we couldn't get her a birthday gift because of a no-spend challenge! We ate out zero times My wife didn't go into a store for retail therapy even once. No coffees purchased the entire time. Zero online purchases, no trips to the movies etc. As explained earlier in the thread, we bought a car. This was pretty much unavoidable, as our car had become illegal to drive, and i wasn't throwing good money after bad repairing it when it was getting long in the tooth. This clearly falls under the Transportation category, which is allowed, so this is fine. I would also mention I have already replaced the entire amount withdrawn from savings for all fees, title, sales tax and the down payment (the portion not from the trade-in), so we are back where we were there. That said, we were unable to deposit any additional money into savings, so not a win in that regard. As for how much we were spending before? Our spending was the lowest it has been in the last six months, and this tracking included the money we spent getting the car.(!!!) Clearly some things were out of control previously! There are some factors I am unable to discuss to really piled on some expenses over the past few months, all of which have been completely mitigated or neutralized at this point, so from what I can tell, as long as we remain disciplined, we should be able to really start stacking up some savings this year. Overall, a rousing success! :) Now, I am off to buy a coffee at the place next door as a lil reward! ;) I’m not placing anything on anybody, but I can live like a monk by myself and have. The challenge I face is incorporating teammates 😎 |
Originally Posted by doubledenim (Post 2442743)
Thanks for spearheading this, it’s been a great follow all month!
I’m not placing anything on anybody, but I can live like a monk by myself and have. The challenge I face is incorporating teammates 😎 |
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nerds gotta nerd. there are definitely more expensive and less useful hobbies, so i should count my graces that i haven’t gone overboard. 15 lights is enough, yes? |
Re: No-Spend February - Finance thread
I spent $0 doing February, what do I win:D
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Originally Posted by John McClane (Post 2442759)
nerds gotta nerd. there are definitely more expensive and less useful hobbies, so i should count my graces that i haven’t gone overboard. 15 lights is enough, yes? |
Originally Posted by AKA23 (Post 2442929)
I am unfamiliar with this hobby. Why on Earth do you have 15 different colored lights? What are you using these for?
Here’s the full list of my collection sorted by brand: Surefire 6PX P2X E2L L1 Princeton Tec Apex Pro - x2 Manker E02H II Reylight Pineapple Mini Skilhunt M150 - 4500k M150 - 3000k Maglite 3 D LED Eveready 2 D incandescent Coleman 4 D lantern Ledlenser ML6 lantern Emisar D4V2 - 2700k - 219B D1 - 2700k - SFT40 DW4 - 2700/5000k - 519A DD EDIT: as to why, i never had great camping equipment and the flashlights i had all through scouts were always cheap off brand junk. so i take enjoyment in getting and using better stuff as an adult. plus, i hate the dark 😅 |
Originally Posted by cregsim (Post 2448729)
This torch looks great!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAobK3fyGDI |
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