Best Budget Month Ever

We’re nearing the end of the month, and I think we’ve done a better job sticking to our budget (it takes practice) than we’ve ever done before.  We had a lot of odd expenses this month–I’ll be posting the details of the budget later–and we were still able to stick to it pretty well.  The secret…

We almost eliminated our use of debit cards except for gas and groceries.  For everything else we moved to cash in an envelope.  I can’t speak for the wife and her personal expenses, but I’ve been walking around with the same $10 in my pocket for over a week, knowing that it’s all I have left to “blow” for the month.  I can’t stand being broke, so there’s no way I’ll spend this money and be forced to walk around with empty pockets.

Three days to go until the end of the month.  I think I can get by that long without spending $10.

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