Yesterday was a great day. I spent the day with my brother and his family and my mom. We had a wonderful dinner together which was unexpected! My SIL had a turkey she was defrosting that my mom had given her and we basically all contributed a little something that looked an awful lot like Thanksgiving dinner! And none of spent much money on it.
I got to introduce my brother to Save-A-Lot and he was impressed. He is going to try to get his wife to shop there. We went out together to buy some stuffing and while we were there we decided to get dessert too. So I caved a bit on the no-spend challenge and spent $3.99 on a Key Lime Pie. The money came out of the grocery money I had sitting in the car, so it was not an extra spend at all. It was cash already withdrawn. Still, I did spend money.
I'm going to continue with the challenge just because it is financially wise to do so. I'm going to pay back the $3.99 to the grocery budget with whatever spare change I can find. I'll work it off.
I got home to a very nice surprise! We have been expecting a check from Toyota for about $200 since March! They said it would take 6-8 weeks. Ha!!! We have since made 20 phone calls to track down this money. It finally came! But it wasn't $200...it was $600!!! Wahoo! Off to the CC you go!
Chugging along
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