Dustin and I decided a few months back that June would be our month of no spending for a few reasons:
1. I get three paychecks in June and will therefore have more money to either save or pay off debt.
2. We are trying to learn a new perspective on money. We are taking a Theology of Money class on June 8th and 9th at Western Seminary and are hoping the class will help us personally in how we spend money.
3. We want to honor God with our money and we don't always do that. We want to learn to view money as God's and not as ours and give more of it for His good work and not our own personal pleasure.
4. We REALLY need to pay off debt. It's almost embarrassing to say how much debt we have, so I won't.
5. We rely too heavily on going out for a few drinks or dinner or a movie for entertainment. We need to enjoy all of the free nature loving things Portland has to offer.
6. Did I mention we really need to pay off debt?
(I should probably qualify what "no spending" means. It means any spending outside of bills, groceries, and gas. And we are putting a limit on groceries, as we always do, so we don't spend erratically, such as buying lots and lots of beer, which I know my husband will be tempted to do!!)
Today is June 1st and therefore the beginning of our month of no spending. Already last night Dustin tried to break our rule!!! It's going to be an EXTREMELY difficult month, but we will persevere.
To all of our Portland friends, expect no spending activities when hanging out with us in the month of June. But we do want to hang out! Just in free ways. =)
the brass sells a pot of tea for 1$!
hahaha, thanks for the suggestion chris!!
Good Luck! Me and Clint have "no spending" every month - not by choice though :)