I thought we could do really well with the credit cards...I don't use the Sam's Club or Kohl's...ok, Kohl's suspended the card last month, but still...
Then yesterday, my son broke his glasses and there went almost $300 that I now have to make up.
Groceries tonight came to $32 because I bought strictly what was needed to replenish and most of that was on sale. There will be no more "Oh! Better get that-just in case and while it's on sale" buying.
We went to a Revolutionary War reenactment and spent all of $11-we looked at things, but bought nothing except lunch.
This all has to become habit now. The spouse won't be able to get through the week on that $60-I think he has less than $20 left; I have no idea why, really, but I will hand him $20 so he doesn't hit an ATM. That is one habit that must be broken quickly.
June will be rough; the mortgage ($1800) is getting mailed tomorrow, a week late, which puts everything else later than usual and we're already past due on most bills. I will have to toss scraps to everyone this month.
Once I can get things on a rhythm and kill or at least seriously maim his ATM card addiction, I will be able to see what truly goes out and comes in-hopefully before the end of this month.
Thanks, everyone. You all have great ideas and I appreciate the support.
One story of either silliness or stupidity(I'm leaning toward the latter): Gas at a nearby station is 4c cheaper than another down the street. I handed him $30 out of what I'd made at yesterday's artfair to get his gas. He went to the more expensive one because he's pissed off at the cheap one for not being open at 6am like the sign said....*sigh*