Author Archives: plussizepennypincher
Imperfect Accounting
I’m a pretty organized person – which I suppose is obvious given the fact that I’m documenting every penny I spend – and am struggling the with imperfectness of my accounting system. When do I consider money spent? The day it leaves my bank account? The day I commit to the spend? What do I [...]
Suze Would be Proud
It’s only 2 pm and I’m pretty confident it will be a $0 day. Suze would be proud.
The key to this great feat clearly centers around food. If you can feed yourself without opening your wallet, you too can have many Suze-approved $0 days. Obviously, I’m not suggesting not buying food. I’m talking about avoiding [...]
Leftovers are a Good Thing
Today was an easy day on the wallet and still a happy day for my stomach. I walked to my neighborhood grocery store, managed to avoid the prepared foods, colorful fruit, and misleading magazine covers and left with the single item I had come for. My new cream cheese and I headed home to join [...]
2.1.09 – The Money Diet Begins
A pretty common dieting tip – not that I’ve ever actually followed it – is to keep a food journal. The idea being that if you know you have to write it down, you might refrain from eating that third doughnut – or even the first.
The same goes for money. If you actually closely monitored [...]
I’ll have my cake and eat it too.