Woohoo!!! Yesterday was my first consciously chosen and worked for no-spend day since I joined SA!!!
Now, there may have been no-spend days over the past month, but there was no thought behind the action you see. Yesterday took will-power.
I cooked breakfast and dinner and chilled around the house during the day. The cats were almost out of food and were starting to look restless. I had to give 'em a little somethin' or else they might have killed me in my sleep. So, they munched on beef scraps generated when I trimmed the round roast. Cats: pacified.
Last night we had been invited to a fight party (Meriweather vs the guy who lost) by one of the cigar store customers. Free drinks, free munchies, free cookies! And they paid for the pay-per-view for the fight, too!
Then, temptation reared its ugly head again.
Green felt, clinking chips, and cards as far as the eye could see. The room was kinda small, so I'm being realistic. Anyways, they were getting ready for a night of poker. $40 buy-in.
NOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooo!!!!!!
DH hopped right on in. (aside: DH finished the night $20 ahead, too!)
I had cash, but some of it was $1s alloted to the change and buck bucket. I wanted to play, and DH even offered to spot me my buy-in (so I could have started out for free!). And I almost did it too...
But no, will-power and determination won out in the end. I knew that, though I might start playing for free, the chance of losing my money was still there. Losing money is the same as spending money on a no-spend day.
Right? If not, then I may just start lightly kicking myself...
First Official No-Spend Day!
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