It's over, Kind of..
Catch up by reading:
Getting Started,
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3,
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The girls enjoying their $3 splurge today.
(Thanks to the missions team at New Life Church
for the yummy looking cupcakes!) |
Today is the
final day of the Challenge and the day I was the most
worried about. It is the day of the Annual Princeton
Business Expo. As Business
owners we have a booth and spend most of the day on our feet talking to current and prospective
clients, making balloon animals, as well as
chasing our kids through the exhibit hall and networking with other business owners.
Obviously
restaurants are businesses and they all set up shop in the School Cafeteria to sell their wares. There is also a Pancake Breakfast
fundraiser. I know that this is going to be a budget buster. How do I have 2 preschoolers at this event for
6 hours and not allow them
ANY treat?
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Chicken Salad Sandwiches.
They were such a hit, I didn't get one!
I got some left overs at home. |
In anticipation, I made
sandwiches and packed
snacks and refillable
water bottles. Since we eliminated the kids $27.35 from our
original budget, I am
NOT going to beat myself up if I go
over budget to treat my kids while
supporting local businesses/charities.
Today is a great day to
look back at the week. There are a
few changes I would make if I were to do it
over. I would have gotten 1 less chicken, 1 more dozen eggs, 4lb bag of sugar, no popcorn, and made instead of bought bread. This would have allowed for a little
more variety and loosened the budget up enough to pick up more kinds of
fruit. I hadn't realized just how much I rely on the fruit
preserves in my
pantry as well as my
freezer. Other than the amount of
time I've spend
blogging, for the most part this week
hasn't been significantly
different for us. Saving and living on an extremely tight budget prevents us from the
travel and entertainment that our friends are able to enjoy, but we don't spend
hours everyday
commuting, we have paid off
lots of debt, and we get to spend lots of
time with our
kids.
Great job Cindy!
ReplyDeleteKaren, Thanks to you I was able to do it!
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