weekend spending
I did okay over the weekend, but not as good as I could have.
I spent $20 on pizza. This is coming out of my groceries budget, so that’s $20 less that I have to spend on real food.
I went $6 over my $50 holiday spending budget. However, there were some good things too. I went holiday shopping at Forman Mills, where you truly do get more for your money, so I bought twice as much stuff as I thought I would be able to. I don’t know if Forman Mills exists outside of my area, but anyone within earshot of a Philly radio station knows all about it. Think Marshall’s or ValueCity, but in a warehouse. My mom used to take me there when I was a kid, and I remember that was the place to go back in the early nineties for gear when you didn’t have a lot of money… I’d been meaning to go there for a while, but you guys know I don’t shop. It took present-hunting to get me out there. Man, I love that place. Another good thing is that I sent out my Christmas cards, and I already had a book of stamps and leftover cards from last year. I cut my list down to the number of cards I already had, so what could have cost me maybe $20-$30 dollars ran me about a dollar and some change this Saturday. I’m almost done shopping - my other recipients will get cold hard cash, and I want to get one more present for Mister Ant. This time last year, I was done. Sheesh.
I spent $20 more dollars on a credit card over the weekend on a business expense. One of my goals for 2008 was to look into generating a side income, and I know there’s only a few weeks left in the year, but better now than never. I started laying the foundation for a possible side income yesterday.
