Frugal Challenge - Organizing the Desk

Weekly Frugal Challenge - Organizing the Desk

Posted by Lynnae on September 17, 2007

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Things have been going pretty well from a financial standpoint at the Being Frugal household. We’re halfway through the month, and we still haven’t eaten out. Do a cheer with me! This week will be a piece of cake when it comes to avoiding fast food. We have the Back-to-School BBQ on Tuesday, Pizza with my family on Wednesday (I don’t count that, because my brother is rarely in town….besides, I doubt we’ll have to pay), and my husband has a guys group dinner on Friday, so dinner for me and the kids will be easy.

I fell off the tracking expenses wagon last week though. I believe it’s because my desk is so disorganized. I have a hard time functioning at my desk. So my frugal goal this week is to find a system that works for me. I need to deal with my massive amounts of email in an organized manner. I need to be able to work through my mail and get my desk cleared off. I have a feeling that if my desk is more organized, I’ll be able to keep on top of my finances.

What are you doing this week to live a more frugal life?

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6 Responses to “Weekly Frugal Challenge - Organizing the Desk”

Paula on September 17th, 2007 6:51 am

It’s been 1.5 months with a limit on eating out. When I say we would eat out 4-5 times a week, I’m not kidding. This Saturday we ate at Pizza Hut. We’ve been influenced by the commercials for the Dipping Pizza & the Pizone. Either we are getting used to not eating out, or it really wasn’t good…but ugh, my dh and I were sick. I felt sick almost immediately, dh not till the next day. The week before we had a pizza party for my ds’ baseball team. The food was horrible and also left us feeling not so great. This was at The Incredible Pizza Company.

I think you’ll notice after a while of not eating out so much that you really won’t want to eat out. For whatever reason, the food just doesn’t taste as good.
ChristianPF on September 17th, 2007 10:23 am

I am trying not to eat out as well!! I would love to (actually, it would probably be very scary) find out how much I have spent eating out over the course of my life. At least I started making changes!!
Lynnae on September 17th, 2007 1:29 pm

Paula, that’s nice to know. It would be nice to not WANT to eat out anymore.

ChristianPF, I don’t think I’m ready to see that figure yet. That might be depressing!
Carol Mickey on September 17th, 2007 6:52 pm

Things I am doing frugal….well, since there is no more Suprano’s on HBO we stopped the additional cost for that on Comcast. I also heard my husband talk about getting a book Prince of Darkness by Robert Novak and when he told me he was going to go to the book store informed him that I had reserved it at the library and it was waiting for us and that saved the cost of the book. Whoo hoo.
Lynnae on September 17th, 2007 7:16 pm

Good for you, Carol!