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.
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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
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