We just realized the other day that your hosts are idiots—not naming names or anything, but when we were brainstorming names for this here blog, one of us asked, “Which president is on the $20 bill?” and the other one replied, “Jefferson,” and that’s how we came up with “One Daily Jefferson.” Well, it isn’t [...]
Archive for November, 2009
30 Nov
Meal Planning Post Turkey Day
David 11/28/2009 – 12/4/2009: $51.98 Remaining Money Saved Since 11/5/2009: $46.07 A good start to the week, we finally had the game hen on Saturday and it was excellent, followed by a meal with my father-in-law and his family last night. Today we are having soup made from the leftovers of the game hens which [...]
28 Nov
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
David 11/28/2009 – 12/4/2009: $104.00 Remaining Money Saved Since 11/5/2009: $46.07 Weeks like this are not much fun. So I finished the week with $10.06 remaining, which usually means my “saved” number goes up. But this is the “bad bill” month. Every 3 months we get our trash bill and our water bill. Add on [...]
27 Nov
Hard Part About The Holidays
I suppose “Black Friday” is the appropriate venue to discuss holiday gifts on a budget. My wife and I are blessed, and cursed at the same time, with a large “nuclear” family. Between us we have 7 parents, 3 siblings, one brother-in-law, one serious girlfriend, two nieces and 4 grandparents. And that’s immediate family only. [...]
27 Nov
Happy Turkey Day
David 11/21/2009 – 11/27/2009: $22.18 Remaining Money Saved Since 11/5/2009: $66.01 It’s the last day of the week and I’m looking good. I still have $22.18 left for today after spending way too much money this week on cold meds. I’m still not feeling all that great, but I’ll survive. We have dinner stuff in [...]
22 Nov
Sunday Shopping Saved By Farve
David 11/21/2009 – 11/27/2009: $68.52 Remaining Money Saved Since 11/5/2009: $66.01 Grocery shopping on the weekend sucks – everyone is out doing the same thing and the stores are packed. So we just naturally assumed that weekend shopping before Thanksgiving would be even worse. But what choice did we have, if we don’t shop on [...]
21 Nov
Jen, Two Weeks In
David has been the more prolific poster so far, but I wanted to check in with my stats quickly. The first week went fantastically well for both of us. I spent: $45.88 Groceries for the week. $6.53 Lunch on Monday when I forgot to pack one. $1.25 A soda at work. $14.95 My monthly Audible [...]
21 Nov
Week 2 In The Books
David 11/21/2009 – 11/27/2009: $126.66 Remaining Money Saved Since 11/5/2009: $66.01 Well, it was bound to happen – I went over by $15.15. Why you ask? Groceries, household stuff, gas for the Prius – it adds up. Plus I got really sick at the end of the week and needed to buy lots of cold [...]
14 Nov
Starting a New Week
David 11/14/2009 – 11/20/2009: $140.00 Remaining Money Saved Since 11/5/2009: $81.16 What a great first week for this project! Sorry for the short post, but just wanted to get this update in real quick while we get up and ready for the day. Plan is to do a shop for the week and explore frugal [...]
12 Nov
Eyeing The End Of The Week
David 11/7/2009 – 11/13/2009: $57.99 Remaining Money Saved Since 11/5/2009: $23.17 Just 2 more days to go till we reset the money clock! We ordered in Tuesday night which accounts for another drop in my weekly cash. It was a good choice since we were both tired and have way too many leftovers in the [...]
