My non no-spend day
I had to laugh yesterday, because I decided on a whim to make it a no-spend day. I’d heard of those before, and it sounded like a fun little challenge that would at the very least make me more aware of the things I tend to buy during the course of a normal day. So I gave it a shot.
I thought I was doing pretty good too: I made sure not to buy any snacks during the day and searched for a no-cost birthday card to personalize instead of stopping at the store to buy one. I didn’t need gas, we had food in the house for lunch & dinner, etc. I even went so far as to take our previously-purchased stamps to the post office to use after I found out how much it was now to mail something overseas via airmail. At that point I was faced with a mini-dilemma: use THREE 39 cent stamps, or BUY one 84 cent stamp. Yeah, I bought the stamp. I didn’t see the point in spending 33 cents extra just to say I did the no-spend day.
So I drove home, still feel pretty pleased with myself. That’s when I realized that I’d stopped and paid for my business cards, without even thinking about it. Boy, sometimes it’s hard to spend consciously.
March 11th, 2007 at 8:33 am
For the stamp thing — why didn’t you just use two of your 39-cent stamps and buy one 5-cent stamp? :-)
March 11th, 2007 at 10:14 am
hehe, I was waiting for someone to ask that :)
I figured I wouldn’t use up the two 39-cent stamps since it would just make the next trip to the post office that much sooner.