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I did not spend it because I did not have it.

August 26th, 2008 at 04:17 pm

Yesterday I was coming home tired and knowing there was no food in the house I decided to stop by the Vietnamese restaurant to pick up a spicy shrimp soup and crispy squid.
I was about to order, when I realized I did not have enough cash (and ethnic places really don't like ccs for small orders). So I decided to pass. At home I found some kind of small green squash I bought at farmers market and had forgotten about. So I shredded it and fried up squash pancakes(with egg, pepper and some flour) in 5 min - problem solved (and they were delicious).

Afterwards, I organized my wallet and made sure I had enough cash and.... today forgot the whole thing at home!!!! Cards, ID, everything!
So I scraped up enough change in my purse for a bagel, had to make my own coffee at work (luckily I had cream cheese in work fridge and co-worker had milk). Normally I would have just bought iced coffee on the way ($2).
I know you guys make your own, and if I was driving I would probably do that too... It is much more easy to pick up things when you are on foot and pass 50 shops on your way from the train station to work.
Anyway, I got by and got 2 meals for total of 60c instead of $25 I would have spent.
Now, what am I going to do for lunch?

I can, of course, borrow $10 from a co-worker. or... I have a change box at work and can try to continue my streak.

1 Responses to “I did not spend it because I did not have it.”

  1. ceejay74 Says:
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    Nicely done! I'm the same way nowadays; if I'm out of my allotted spending money or I left it at home, I will eat stale candy out of the bottom of my purse or just go hungry rather than use that card. The rare times I do use the card, I deposit the amount--rounded up to the next dollar--back into my checking account the first chance I get. My husband laughs at me when it's just $3 or something, but I have to be strict with myself or I won't follow my rules at all.

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