Blissfully boring

My (almost) week without my credit card

“Spending money responsibly” is a really vague and unmeasurable goal to set for yourself. It has not been going that well for me so far this year, so I decided to give myself a challenge: don’t use your credit card at all for an entire week.

If that seems like a weak challenge, I should point out that I put everything on my card and then pay it off. I never pay interest, but I earn points. So that was like saying “spend no money besides the few dollars you have in your wallet this week”.

I had to buy gas yesterday, but I used debit so that doesn’t count. Total: $39.

I also caved this morning and bought the new Beach House album and a book on amazon. I used credit. Total: $28.

I still have to make it through the weekend but I’m confident that I can make it. I mostly want to sleep this weekend anyway.

The biggest accomplishment? I didn’t buy lunch once this week. To be fair, I got two free lunches (yeah!). But that means I packed three lunches and then ate them at work. I didn’t even buy a soda or fancy coffee or pastry all week. I’m saving so many dollars now. Like, at least twenty of them.