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Saturday, December 27, 2008

Jars locked and loaded

So on December 24th, after doing math about five times to be sure I had it right, I headed to the bank to withdraw 2 weeks worth of my jars' money. I spent some time yesterday getting the jars loaded and labelled. I was glad I had sat down to figure out how many 20s, how many 10s and how many 5s, so that I would have the right denominations for each jar.

  • I admit I felt odd taking out that much money at once and seeing my account go zoooooooom down.
  • I put one week of money in the jars and tucked the second week for all in an envelope.
  • I also had to determine what I would call 'weeks' as only February is a true 4 x 7 month, so I set up dates of when each week started and stopped. That eliminates those grey days that don't quite fit into a perfect month.
  • I will have to decide how to transport this when I want to go shopping, get gas etc so that I have it ready to go, but not ready to spend toooo easily.
  • I have to decide where the leftover money each week/each month will go for each jar, knowing that some weeks/months are lighter and some are heavier.

I have more thinking to do on this. It is a work in progress, but I think it will be a fun and informative adventure.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

it sounds little time consuming to me. Let us know how it works out for you.

Jolie said...

I am hoping the original set up is all that takes the time and the rest is a matter of just going through the motions. That's my hope anywas LOL. I'll update.

RTC said...

I think that the time you have spent planning will pay off for you. As you go through the next two weeks, you will know where the adjustments need to be made. You are taking control of your finances!