Comments on: Closing 2009 Out With A Whimper http://www.thecheapchick.com/2010/01/closing-2009-out-with-a-whimper/ putting the fun in frugal living! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:39:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Larue http://www.thecheapchick.com/2010/01/closing-2009-out-with-a-whimper/comment-page-1/#comment-5716 Larue Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:50:16 +0000 http://www.thecheapchick.com/?p=2173#comment-5716 I believe your Weekly Spending Recap should be entitled, "That Which I Blew My Hard Earned Cash On," or "I Should Just Pay Target a Monthly Stipend" or "Parting Weekly With My Bathtub of Chilled Roosevelt Dimes." Or, you know, something else. And Yes. $10 is WAY too pricey for a movie. We should go to the dollar theatre instead. I believe your Weekly Spending Recap should be entitled, “That Which I Blew My Hard Earned Cash On,” or “I Should Just Pay Target a Monthly Stipend” or “Parting Weekly With My Bathtub of Chilled Roosevelt Dimes.”

Or, you know, something else.

And Yes. $10 is WAY too pricey for a movie. We should go to the dollar theatre instead.

]]> By: Stunt Girl http://www.thecheapchick.com/2010/01/closing-2009-out-with-a-whimper/comment-page-1/#comment-5715 Stunt Girl Tue, 05 Jan 2010 04:56:55 +0000 http://www.thecheapchick.com/?p=2173#comment-5715 1. You could call the weekly summary Daily Damages, since that is what it feels like when we review our daily expenses. 2. Skyline Chili??? OMG girl, I was born in Cincinnati, Skyline was my baby food. Got a couple cans in the pantry, wanna come over for dinner? 3. I am trying oh so hard to curtail spending right now (starting to get the bills for my recent surgery, ouch) so I am buying microwave lunches instead of cafeteria meals at work ($1 instead of $5-7 daily) and trying to use only cash for random purchases (debit/credit only for car things and groceries). We'll see how long it lasts, but I am trying. Really hard. Gotta be a good Stunt Girl, and walk the walk! 1. You could call the weekly summary Daily Damages, since that is what it feels like when we review our daily expenses.
2. Skyline Chili??? OMG girl, I was born in Cincinnati, Skyline was my baby food. Got a couple cans in the pantry, wanna come over for dinner?
3. I am trying oh so hard to curtail spending right now (starting to get the bills for my recent surgery, ouch) so I am buying microwave lunches instead of cafeteria meals at work ($1 instead of $5-7 daily) and trying to use only cash for random purchases (debit/credit only for car things and groceries). We’ll see how long it lasts, but I am trying. Really hard. Gotta be a good Stunt Girl, and walk the walk!

]]> By: Andy http://www.thecheapchick.com/2010/01/closing-2009-out-with-a-whimper/comment-page-1/#comment-5714 Andy Tue, 05 Jan 2010 02:12:27 +0000 http://www.thecheapchick.com/?p=2173#comment-5714 You can get $5 AMC movie tickets with $15 purchase at Tavern on France, accross the street from AMC Southdale. You can get $5 AMC movie tickets with $15 purchase at Tavern on France, accross the street from AMC Southdale.

]]> By: Carol N. http://www.thecheapchick.com/2010/01/closing-2009-out-with-a-whimper/comment-page-1/#comment-5713 Carol N. Tue, 05 Jan 2010 01:04:14 +0000 http://www.thecheapchick.com/?p=2173#comment-5713 Yum, love the side of Viggo! DH and I try to go to the daytime 'cheap' movies (if you can call 7.25 a movie cheap) and never, ever, ever buy food there. We usually try to have a big breakfast and then cruise over to the movie so we are not tempted. My new trick for this year is to keep a total of the cash I spend. I find that my debit card/checkbook expenditures can get under control but I'll go through some cash in a week and never know what happens to it. So starting today, receipts for everything and then a tally up at the end of each week to see where the money goes. Yum, love the side of Viggo!
DH and I try to go to the daytime ‘cheap’ movies (if you can call 7.25 a movie cheap) and never, ever, ever buy food there. We usually try to have a big breakfast and then cruise over to the movie so we are not tempted.
My new trick for this year is to keep a total of the cash I spend. I find that my debit card/checkbook expenditures can get under control but I’ll go through some cash in a week and never know what happens to it. So starting today, receipts for everything and then a tally up at the end of each week to see where the money goes.

]]> By: DK (AKA Probie) http://www.thecheapchick.com/2010/01/closing-2009-out-with-a-whimper/comment-page-1/#comment-5712 DK (AKA Probie) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 00:30:25 +0000 http://www.thecheapchick.com/?p=2173#comment-5712 Yeah, I had to pass on Sherlock because you were going on a Friday. I never, ever get movie theatre food, even IF the nachos are the most amazing thing on the planet. Yeah, I had to pass on Sherlock because you were going on a Friday. I never, ever get movie theatre food, even IF the nachos are the most amazing thing on the planet.

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