Day 31...

Day 31 of spending zero: Beach time with the kids. It's free. 80 degrees and beautiful. Thank you San Diego. ‪#‎31daysLWSZ

Day 29...

Day 29 of no spending: The things I'm willing to do for a Starbucks gift card. Test subject 41932. My skin is starting to itch. ‪#‎31daysLWSZ

Day 28...

Day 28 of no spending: Just uncorked the last bottle of cheap wine. Things. Just. Got. Real. ‪#‎31daysLWSZ

Day 26...

Day 26 of spending zero: Can't remember the last time I went this long without seeing my hair stylist. Trying to figure out when I started growing this much gray. Holy cow. ‪#‎31daysLWSZ

Day 21...

Day 21 of no spending: Brandise Reed invited me to a work dinner with her. I MAY have stolen all the cake pops from our table...and the neighboring table...and the other neighboring table...while shouting 'Do you know how long it's been since I've had cake?!?!?!'. Sorry Bran...😔 ‪#‎31daysLWSZ

Day 20...

Day 20 of no spending: No kids, that's not the last little bit of ice cream. We don't have anymore ice cream. That's fiber vegetable cream. You wouldn't like it...‪#‎31daysLWSZ

Day 19...

Day 19 of no spending. JD Power sent a dollar to take a survey. Debated whether or not it would count as spending if I used it to buy an ice cold soda. It'd be a gift from my buddy JD right? Sigh. Didn't spend it. Cash is cash. Who knew I'd experience this much internal strife over a buck...‪#‎31daysLWSZ

Day 18...

Day 18 of no spending. Per the rules, you are permitted to buy bread, milk, eggs, and cheese. 'Cheese food' counts as cheese right? ‪#‎31daysLWSZ

Day 14...

Day 14 of No Spending: Reflection Day. Christopher Atkinson and I decided to do this as a dare with the side benefit of saving money. Oh who am I kidding, Chris was dragged along and he’s been a trooper our whole marriage with my harebrained ideas. I had no intention of learning anything but so far, this has been incredibly impactful to the way I think about money. Declan started sharing a room with Cash and wasn’t transitioning well. Normally, we would respond by going ...to Target and letting him pick out new bedding. Since that option wasn’t on the table, he got lots of hugs, love, and cuddle time. And I realized how often I throw money at problems to make the kids happy when they would probably get more from a little extra cuddle time. I have a feeling this will be our new yearly ‘reset’ to money attitudes. Sorry Chris. 17 more days...

Day 12...

Day 12 Living Well, Spending Zero: Attended a retirement party for someone I've never met just to get donuts. Desperate times... ‪#‎31daysLWSZ‬ ‪#‎momoftheyear

Sad Face...

Day 9: Fantastic fried chicken and mashed potatoes at Deborah Johnson Hays' last night. Forgot to steal leftovers for lunch. Looks like it's you and me Vegetable Beef. Living well, spending zero. 😩😩😩😩😩 ‪#‎31daysLWSZ‬

At Home Haircuts...

Living Well, Spending Zero Day 6. At home haircuts. Even Nat can't escape... ‪#‎31DaysLWSZ

Reorganized...

#‎31daysLWSZ‬ Reorganized.

Day 3 spending zero. I can live off this...mostly. You're next freezer!