Comments on: Weekly Round-Up: On Not Saying No http://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/13/weekly-round-up-not-saying-no/ Learning about frugality Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:11:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kellyhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/13/weekly-round-up-not-saying-no/#comment-7080 Kelly Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:33:32 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4385#comment-7080 <blockquote> 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. </blockquote> Oscar- I love this rule- it's genius!

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.

Oscar- I love this rule- it’s genius!

]]> By: Oscar At Real Life Money Managementhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/13/weekly-round-up-not-saying-no/#comment-7078 Oscar At Real Life Money Management Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:07:23 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4385#comment-7078 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 ..<a href="http://www.real-life-money-management.com/saving-money.html" rel="nofollow">Mar 17, Saving Money with the Ben Franklin Principle of Real Life Money Management</a> =-. 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 =-.

]]> By: Annehttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/13/weekly-round-up-not-saying-no/#comment-7049 Anne Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:38:57 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4385#comment-7049 Thank you for linking to my blog! The Black Bean and Tortilla Pie is delicious and easy on the wallet! .-= Anne´s last blog ..<a href="http://romancingthestoveblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/13/eggplant-parmigiana/" rel="nofollow">Eggplant Parmigiana</a> =-. 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 =-.

]]> By: Dawn/FFLhttp://almostfrugal.com/2010/03/13/weekly-round-up-not-saying-no/#comment-7046 Dawn/FFL Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:36:30 +0000 http://almostfrugal.com/?p=4385#comment-7046 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 ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/IpRp/~3/ZBsjjb7F-0Y/frugal-web-weight-of-sunday-paper.html" rel="nofollow">Frugal Web: The Weight of the Sunday Paper</a> =-. 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 =-.

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