by Jeff on February 2, 2012
All month, I’ve been putting off quite a few things that I needed to purchase. There was the flight to March Madness Games in New Mexico, Shares from the CSA for H and I (We’ve expanded to fruit and vegetables this year), Race entry fee for my marathon, as well as a couples race that H and I will be running in February, as well as a few other odds and ends. All in all, I ended up spending a boatload of money – thankfully, most of it will be split in half with H, and should abate bills down the road, specifically with the food shares (though that may not be the case). It could invite a challenge for the last 6 months of the year (and the first 6 months of married life!) that H and I only buy milk from the store! At any rate, I’m hoping that this could be all of our food money, but we will have to see.
Here are the best links for the week:
J Money over at Budgets are Sexy is talking about living off of 50% of your pay. I think this is a good idea and if I wasnt trying to pay down debt or planning a wedding, I know that I can do this (though I would only make minimum payments on my debt. H and I have talked about this extensively, and I think we will probably live off of one person’s salary after we get married.
Tim Sullivan at Get Rich Slowly has some thoughts on wedding registries. In the process of wedding planning, I know exactly what he means. H and I have been talking over the past few days about what to register for, or whether or not to register at all. We’ve been living together for 3 years and we are both adults with jobs – so when we need something, we go out and buy it. We’ve already got just about everything we need (or want) so I’m not sure what the point would be, except to fill our house with even more stuff!
Million Ways to Save presents 5 Free Gifts for Valentines Day. Great stuff here – dont get caught up in the chocolates, jewelry and cheap card fad – give someone an experience or something they will remember. Put some thought into it, you’ll surprise yourself.
by Jeff on January 26, 2012
As I write this, I’ve just finished cutting up the elk I harvested on saturday. I’ve been working on trimming it up for about 3 hours every night except for sunday, which I worked on it all afternoon while H was snoozing. I’ve gotten the whole thing trimmed and cleaned, but I still need to grind the pieces I’m going to grind and wrap all of the other pieces. It will probably take most of the weekend, and then I’ve got to figure out where I’ll put it all – I’ve got some space in a freezer of a friend of mine which I’ll probably take advantage of.
Lindy over at Minting Nickels talks about her frugal jedi mind trick. I’ve got to say that this is a great idea, and my favorite part of it was defining a dinner out. I’ve found that that’s a slippery slope where you can write off certain times of going against your budget.
Tim From Faith and Finance talks about how to overcome project overload over at the yakezie. I seem to have this problem at times – I feel like I toss a bunch of things up into the air and try and keep some of them floating while I take care of 1 of them, and keep continuing like that. Not exactly the best way, but the only one I know at this point.
SPF has a great article on why no one is buying electric cars. This is pretty thought provoking, and for someone like me who usually drives long distances (when I drive at all), electrics aren’t feasible. They are giving it a trial run in Hawaii, which I think could provide some interesting results.
The Money For College Project has an infographic (love those things) on surviving the college dining hall. As I remember campus dining halls, they were an amazing place where you could put soft serve on your cheerios at breakfast, eat way to many tacos for dinner, and basically get whatever you wanted.
Erin from Dog Ate My Wallet has a post on her brothers new venture - an interesting way to earn a living, I think. I had never even thought of doing something like that, but I imagine it could be fun for the right person!
