Showing posts with label Spending freeze. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spending freeze. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Zero spending for 2019

My intention, based on the fact I have sooooo much in craft supplies, was to go on a ZERO SPENDING FREEZE FOR 2019. Eight days in, and I blew it.

Every couple weeks I go to a local thrift store, that sells items to benefit a nearby high school. My idea was to look for a glass cover for a dish that I love to bake in. I'd replaced a cover for another dish, and have been checking back to see about this cover. Two aisles away from those dishes was the craft department - and you know what happened. Yup, headed that way and found two 8 oz. skeins of Red Heart worsted weight yarn in military green. This size skeins hasn't been available for years and at $1.50 each I didn't even consider not buying them.

$3.17 spent. Will try harder next time.

2019 came and went...

...and I did accomplish some positive things. Donated several boxes of items to a local resale shop that supports a local HGH school. ...I...