I drink from my water bottle and then make sure to refill it from the free water machine before I leave. Meat is expensive and it kills me to waste food. Fiancé devours his food, but I’m not finished until I eat every piece of chicken that comes in my salad. I’m not hungry at all, but I order the $8 kale caesar salad because it’s the cheapest thing on the menu. Once we’re off the subway we go to Sweet Green, one of those “healthy” fast food places. But I compromise, because that’s what relationships are all about. If I were alone I’d wait until I’m home from the museum to eat lunch, even if it’s way past lunchtime. Our eating habits couldn’t be more opposite: he eats like a dumpster truck eats trash bags I’m one of those annoying people who has the stomach the size of a pea. We’re on the train around lunchtime and fiancé has made it clear he needs to eat. I know we both get thirsty when we’re walking around the city, so I like preparing ahead of time to avoid unnecessary spending when I can. Before we leave, I fill up a bottle with water to put in my bag because I hate buying bottled water when I’m out. My fiancé and I decide to hit up the Metropolitan Museum of Art to see the Rei Kawakubo fashion exhibit. When I wake up there’s no food in the house □ For breakfast I drink the usual homemade coffee and then buy a bagel with cream cheese for $2. I bought my monthly subway pass earlier this month, so I’m not going to count this expense. $36.47 My rum punch drink that didn’t come in a cute cup.įor a hot second I consider taking a cab, since there isn’t a direct route to get home, but I decide to take the subway. If you’re wondering what I spent earlier in the day, I spent $0 on coffee at work, don’t eat breakfast on weekdays (I know, I’m terrible), and brought lunch from home.Īfter work I meet my friends at El Cortez, a tiki bar. I buy a $9 rum punch drink, which disappointingly doesn’t come in a kitschy tiki cup (like it did in the picture menu), $12 for a cheeseburger and fries, and then $4 for a third of the nachos we share. I count Friday as the weekend starting at 5:45 pm, so all spending after that is fair game. Oh, and for a better idea of my overall financial situation, check out this post on my expenses and savings rate. Even though we live in the same city, we live in different neighborhoods that are juuuuust far enough so that we only get together about once a month, if that. I mean, I saw my friends TWICE in one weekend. So what did I learn? Spoiler alert: I didn’t like everything I saw.Ī note on the activities: This weekend was more happening than the usual. Although I’m conscious about my overall spending in certain categories, I never review purchases on a line-by-line basis. Inspired by the Man Repeller and Refinery29 money diaries, as a fun experiment I manually tracked everything I bought this past weekend. What happens when someone who’s “good at money” tracks their spending the old school way? With a pen and paper and not using an automated system like Mint?
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