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The personal satisfaction of cash

August 28th, 2010 at 04:22 pm


Yesterday I paid $42 for dog grooming in cash.

Today I sent DH to the boys' soccer team pictures with cash in the envelope for the smallest order. (After all of these years, I have learned I don't need to get the hugest package. A simple team picture - though over-priced - will go well with the action shots we take ourselves at the games.

Today we are attending our parish's block party. I am paying for our tickets in cash. I have allotted singles for each child to spend.

I have $25 cash for two pizzas for tomorrow's dinner from Pizza Hut when we have a friend over.

I have a $1.00 Rebate Cash toward my purchase of Sunday's paper at Walgreens.

I used vendor coupons for free Bakery cookies from Jewel, and free Italian bread from Dominicks. I'm keeping grocery spending down to a minimum, and am pleased that I have a bigger grocery stash than I originally thought.

I let the school know that I will be able to pay for the fees (milk and year book and party) on 9/17 because we have an Outdoor Education fee of $150 for our second oldest daughter to go to three-day sleep away camp.

I am also pleased that a bill that I thought I had to pay isn't really due until next payday (the 17th rather than 3rd). I will put that money toward our reserve account.

I'm getting a hang of the new Virtual Wallet at PNC bank; the accounts are "Spend" "Reserve" and "Growth". DH's direct deposit hasn't gone into effect yet, so I'm transferring money into it. But the joy of cash spending, is there isn't much to account for. When it is gone, it is gone.

I am finding I am not as bad a planner as I originally thought. A plan really does help.

2 Responses to “The personal satisfaction of cash ”

  1. Frugaltexan75 Says:
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    I'm glad to hear your plan is going so well.

  2. sagegirl Says:
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    I have often considered going the cash only route for non-auto draft spending, but have always been a bit scared to try-don't really know why. Your experiment is inspiring and may have me experimenting as well. Great job and keep up the good work.

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