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January 17th, 2014 at 06:18 pm

It has become a thing in the office for the 4 of us to go out to lunch on Friday. I went last Friday. But today I said no. When this one particular person asked me why, I told her that I only had $18 in my fast food budget until next Friday. Deer in headlights. You would have thought I had two heads. I had to explain that I had money for groceries and gas but that I was trying real hard to stay within my budget. She is lucky that her budget is never really reached. She can pretty much spend what she wants, she just never really spends that much by nature. And yet she still complains about having to go to the ER(and paying that bill) when she was having chest pains! I just don't understand her.

Anyway, I was proud of myself for resisting and eating the lunch I brought.

Posted in Misc Thoughts and Updates | 7 Comments »

7 Responses to “Look of Shock”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
    January 17th, 2014 at 06:49 pm 1389984597
    1389984597

    Good for you! Not sure if this would work for your group, but an occasional in office pot luck might be a good way to gather together without going out. By the way, great 2014 goals...I look forward to happy dancing when you pay down that title loan. Smile

  2. ceejay74 Says:
    January 17th, 2014 at 07:30 pm 1389987009
    1389987009

    Ah, yes. We experience that a LOT when we first started trying to get out of debt. We had a large friend group and many of the activities centered around eating or drinking out, so there were a few awkward moments when my family's behavior suddenly changed and of course no one ever wants to talk about money, so you couldn't really explain. (Actually these days I'm much more frank and even hold personal finance discussion groups that any of my friends can come to.)

    I've also experienced surprise in the other direction. Since we do budget so deliberately, we have money in some areas that people don't expect carless, eat-at-home, no-fancy-clothes people like us to have. Like charitable donations, or paying good money to our friends for babysitting & catsitting vs. taking advantage of our friendship (which apparently some other friends do to the same people!)

    Stick to your guns! It's worth the momentary discomfort once in a while Big Grin

  3. Buendia Says:
    January 17th, 2014 at 07:44 pm 1389987854
    1389987854

    This is the hardest thing for me. It is great that you told it like it is! I have a group of friends that have a lot more money and they go to fancy restaurants pretty often. I just say I'm busy. I'd like to be more honest, because as creditcardfree mentions there are less expensive options! I would love to bring our own food and have a little picnic in one of our gorgeous downtown parks (or the Plaza and listen to music) in the summer at least.

  4. LuckyRobin Says:
    January 17th, 2014 at 08:08 pm 1389989293
    1389989293

    Good for you for sticking to your budget. I think you have made some very good decisions in the last few months.

  5. scfr Says:
    January 18th, 2014 at 02:11 pm 1390054264
    1390054264

    Good job!

  6. beawealthywarrior Says:
    January 18th, 2014 at 09:44 pm 1390081498
    1390081498

    Awesome!!

  7. Rachael777 Says:
    January 19th, 2014 at 07:58 pm 1390161519
    1390161519

    good job that takes courage and commitment. Smile

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