Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Cash Only Living!

I love cash only living!

I have a routine that I enjoy. My hubby is paid twice per month. We use part of his paycheck to live off of. After I drop him off at work, I make a trip by our local bank and withdraw $120 for each week. We're currently living on a budget of $60 for food and $60 for gas. It was $100 until we moved a little further away from work. We just added the extra $20 so we had a little buffer for additional gas.

For some reason, I just love getting the cash in my hand and sectioning it off in my wallet. After that I typically go fill up our gas tank for the week. I find comfort in this routine. I like paying cash and knowing my boundaries. When it's gone, it's gone.

5 comments:

  1. I've been thinking of experimenting only using cash, though sometimes I feel more of an urge to spend cash when I see it in my wallet. Maybe I'll try it out next month and see if my spending habits change.

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  2. Cash is nice, isn't it? You are doing great with your budgeting! $60 for food is good!

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  3. I finally have started back to 'cash' living - and it feels great! We also put $1s & $5s into an envelope for a little emergency stash in our safe to keep at home :) I LOVE to go through my wallet & put that cash into the envelope too! I sure have missed it - certainly glad to be back to all things budgeting ;)

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  4. I've only been folowing this blog a short time, but I find it loads of inspiring. :)

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  5. I'm working up the confidence to use cash.

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