siphoning from the jars

Something good comes from being sick during the whole Christmas break - I had a whole week of No Spend. Never happened before and undoubtedly will never happen again.

My tank was full and I drove nowhere, so full it stayed. We ate several times at mom and dad's and ate out of the freezer and pantry. No money spent for food. Jars just sat there, untouched. I went yesterday and took out week 2's money and debated.....and debated....and slept on it, and debated again.

I decided to take some out of the jars to create snowflakes. Week 2's money was not touched and went straight into their jars.

I did not spend my $20 allowance (didn't go anywhere - didn't need any make up or girlie stuff) so I took that $20.

I had $50 in my gas jar so I left $30 in there and took $20 of that. Longer drives will come up and that gives me a bit of spare money.

I had $40 in my entertainment jar, but did not touch any of it. Entertainments don't happen often and I'd like it to build.

I had $170 in my grocery jar. I left $70 in there so I can have a bit extra to stock up for back to school and lunches, and took $100 of it.

That gives me $140 of repurposed (found) money. I took it to the bank and put it in my High Savings account to put towards one of my Savings goals.

I know a week like this probably won't come around again so I will celebrate it and hope it inspires me to wiser spending and savings for 2012.