I messed up on Friday, I ate out for breakfast in which I never do. In fact, I normally do not eat breakfast, so I know to get my metabolism going I need to eat breakfast. I turned around and ate out for lunch as well. So there goes $11. I have to do better, this weekend I will grocery shop for items to take for lunch and breakfast next week. I plan on starting an account for my savings on coupons and not eating out each week. I have to some how see progress to stay motivated.....
I saved lunch money today. I took my lunch Yippie!!! It's a begining, now I just have to stay consistant
For the last year I've been clipping and saving with coupons. I've done pretty good to the point I had to stop for a couple of months to use up the stock pile I accumulated. What good is a deal if you don't use it, or let expire. One of my co-workers brought to my attention that I save money clipping coupons, but eat out everyday for lunch. As a come back, I told him that the reason I can eat out every day is because I save money clipping coupons. After I thought about it for a moment. What good is saving with coupons, if I don't do anything useful with the savings. Spending it on take out everyday is not a wise choice for the savings. Tomorrow, I will start taking my lunch, I may eat out a couple of times, but I need to see something useful being done with the savings.
Today I decided to take my first step in improving my financial portfolio. Although my 401K plan has increased $1500 according to my last statement, I need to save more. So today, I decided to increased my 401K contribution from 7% to 10%. It may not seem like a lot, but when you live from paycheck to paycheck every penny count.
