I got one side gig done last week for $25, found $3 when I (sort of) cleaned my desk at work, and won Round 1 of my DietBet for $16.31 (my initial bet was $12.50, so net profit of $3.81, but I'm counting the entire amount as a snowflake). I also decided to do a "keep the change" thing in my checking account -- rounding each debit up and each credit down to the nearest whole dollar amount. I just whipped up an Excel spreadsheet and at the end of the month will copy all my transactions over. (There aren't that many, since we use the Freedom card for whatever we can. I generally pay that in whole dollars but maybe I'll change that. I might look at doing the rounding on the Freedom card transactions, too...) Anyway, for the first three months of this year that totalled $30.46. And then I have my No-CVS-For-Lent savings -- so overall not a bad week!
52-Week Mega Savings Challenge
Week 14 [started late, my week 5]
Snowflakes
CVS Savings: $25.00
Side Gig: $25.00
DietBet: $16.31
Bank Account Rounding: $30.46
Found Dollars: $3.00
Total Snowflakes: $99.77
Rounding (from reserve): $0.23
Beginning Balance: $310
Deposit: $100
Ending Balance: $410
Reserve: $0.58 - $0.23 = $0.35
52 Week Mega Savings Challenge Update
April 7th, 2014 at 02:55 pm
April 7th, 2014 at 03:00 pm 1396882847
April 7th, 2014 at 04:41 pm 1396888862
I have hopefully conquered the almost-daily habit, though, and my goal after Lent will be to only go if I actually need drug store stuff or find some good sales. (I've been cutting back on Pepsi and chocolate, too, so that removes a lot of the CVS temptation at the same time.)