One of my (many) problems is that I can’t say ‘no’. Not to when my husband suggests eating out, not to when somebody asks me to commit to doing something, not to myself when I want to buy a pretty whatever-it-is. It often leads to problems of stress, both from overspending and feeling overextended.
This week, however, I’m exceedingly grateful that three people I asked didn’t say ‘no’.
Beth, Emily and Nicole all said yes when I asked (as I will officially be announcing on Monday) if they would be part of Almost Frugal. Sometimes it’s good to say ‘yes’!
Meanwhile, here are some of my favorite reads for the week:
- How To Check Your Federal IRS Tax Refund Status @ Get Rich Slowly
- Financial Planning Series: How to Make a Budget | Squawkfox
- Using Your Tools to Achieve Financial Goals – Textbook Personal Finance
- 15 Beauty & Health Uses For Baking Soda : TipNut.com
- Frugal Babe :: Focusing On What We Want Most
- Black Bean and Tortilla Pie « Romancing the Stove
- The Mouse That Roared – Turning to the Internet to Catch a Favorite TV Show – NYTimes.com
- Fused plastic sandwich wraps | Chica and Jo
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I have that trouble as well – The way I am dealing with it is to promise myself that I will say no for one entire day or entire week.. to try to remove my heart from my sleeve… I have a goal, then once I get through that day or week – then I don’t feel guilty about saying yes. Kinda complicated but it works…for now
.-= Dawn/FFL´s last blog ..Frugal Web: The Weight of the Sunday Paper =-.
Thank you for linking to my blog! The Black Bean and Tortilla Pie is delicious and easy on the wallet!
.-= Anne´s last blog ..Eggplant Parmigiana =-.
Just say No. Yep it can be hard. Make it a sport. When someone suggest eating out you can do one of two things if you think about really doing it. 1. Just do it if your willpower fails. 2. Make a rule that whenever you eat out you have to put back as much as you spend in savings. So another words if you eat out and it cost you $30 you need to have $60 so you can put $30 of it in savings. Or if you want you could make it half of what it cost. This will do two things, force you to eat out less and when you do save some money for the future.
.-= Oscar At Real Life Money Management ´s last blog ..Mar 17, Saving Money with the Ben Franklin Principle of Real Life Money Management =-.
Oscar- I love this rule- it’s genius!