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Free Dinner and a Gift

January 5th, 2020 at 03:43 pm

Last night my kids and their dad and his wife invited me out to dinner. I was treated, and I also got a belated gift of $100! I decided I would use it to pay for everyday things I might otherwise put on a credit card -- groceries and such -- and then down the road I should have some wiggle room in my budget by way of lower credit card bills. (Note to any who don't know me -- I always pay my credit card bills in full each month. I don't pay interest on anything except my mortgage.)

This morning I tried out the beginner session of Yoga with Adrienne. I am so stiff in the lower body; it is clear I really need this. I'm going to do this for five days, as suggested, and see if it gets easier. I am having trouble trying to see the TV screen when I get into some of the positions, but maybe that will get easier, too, as I start to remember the sequence. I am strong from years of strength training at the gym, but my flexibility is poor.

I took all the ornaments off the tree and boxed up everything Christmas except for the tree itself, and the lights. I'll do that today. The worst part will be getting it all back into the closet, since I will have to pull everything out first. It will be good exercise!

I will also be on kitchen duty today. I'm going to make a plan for everything in my fridge. Some things will have to go into the freezer, which will be a tight fit. But I think some consolidation is possible. I'm not going to let anything go to waste. I'm going to maximize efficiency this year.

Yesterday an automatic $25 transfer went into my savings (I've had this forever) so I'm above $1,000 again. Next goal is to get it up to $2,000, even while I am paying off the car.

1 Responses to “Free Dinner and a Gift”

  1. rob62521 Says:
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    Good savings goal! You'll figure out a way to get it to $2000 -- I have faith in you.

    I think that is a good idea to use the $100 on every day stuff so you don't have to put it on credit, even paying it off. A couple used to give me $20 for my birthday and the last few years I just put it in a small savings account that we don't put much in. I didn't do it to make big interest, but figured if I put in $20 here and a few bucks here and there, they won't charge me fees or try to close the account. We opened it since we don't have ATM cards and it was the only brick and mortar bank in Savannah, GA, that we could get money from if we needed it when we went there to stay for two weeks. The small savings allows us to save money on the safe deposit box.

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