Elbie at Trig dot Net

Thu, 19 Feb 2009

A modest improvement.

December and January were a whirlwind of spending, as I mentioned a couple of posts ago. Granted, a lot of that was tied up in two big purchases, but there were still far more smaller, frivolous purchases that I probably could do without for the time being.

So I'm trying a little trick to keep my spending under control more. I have a little notebook that I can keep with my wallet, and any time I use my credit card, I make a note in the notebook of when, where and how much I spent. It's more of a trick than it seems. The primary purpose is not to actually tally my spending, but to force an extra step that will make me question if I really want to spend that money right then. It's working reasonably well, but whether it's because I'm still feeling the pinch of the previous month's spending or not remains to be seen.

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