Earlier today I was reading a blog about a 10-day "no spending" challenge. The post included helpful hints like stocking up on things before you start the challenge and having only enough gas in the car to get to work (so that you couldn't go to a store or restaurant).
The writer of the article was a self-proclaimed "overspender" so I can see how the challenge might help her budget overall.
Personally, since it tell you to stock up prior to beginning the challenge, I am not sure how much money you would save (especially if you stock up on perishable items).
Of course, I don't spend money on the average day...generally only on the weekends, when I fill up the car, hit the grocery store and run errands. It wouldn't be all that much of a challenge for me to consciously spend money only 1 or 2 days a week.
But I am on the opposite end of the spectrum from the blogger who posted helpful tips like removing cash, cards and checks from your purse and "hiding" them for the 10 day challenge.
So this is an informal poll. Please post (anonymous is fine), how many days you SPEND MONEY in an average week:
For the terms of this challenge, monthly bills like rent and utilities do not count. Retail purchases using cash, check, credit and debit cards count - from filling up the car with fuel to hitting the vending machine or the corner coffee shop.
Also let me know if you consider yourself frugal, normal, or a spender.
Thanks!
Definitely a spender and probably spend money at least 5 days a week. I have to fill up the car every 4 days just to go to and from work. I eat out for lunch almost every day (trying to cut back on that right now). We only grocery shop one day during the week, usually Sunday.
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