Day 23 of 28: When the ban finally lifts I...

I'm less than a week away from the end of the month and I haven't yet to have broken my self-imposed money "ban" yet! Hurray for me, although I will also admit that it got a little close to being snapped due to an unforseen event that eventually resolved itself on Friday...

Either way, one week left and $5 to live on. I think I can make it!

Although, no lie, being this close to the end of the month and knowing my ban is soon to be a thing of my past, I have already started a running list of things of tasks and other stuff that I have put off doing this month, but will now 'need' to spend money on in March.

Such things like:


1. I have about four-five loads of laundry that desperately needs some doing. (~$20)

My apartment building uses a laundry card that can only be loaded by credit or debit, hence being unable to do it in February as all my transactions were in cash.

Granted, it was also because it costs about $3.25 for the washers and $1.75 for the dryers too which after that ill-fated taxi ride, wasn't in the budget to handle even one load.

It is something that must be done, but at this point due to the sheer amount of stuff that needs doing, it is going to cost a pretty penny. So even though I'm not planning to put some of my clothing through the dry cycle anymore, it's still going to be an expensive chore.

Not to mention... I may also need to buy some fabric softener, because I'm unsure if I have any and that's rather important when you're avoiding the dry cycle I find, at least for me. Thank you sensitive skin!


2. I owe a friend a night out (~$50)

While this won't get to the extravagance of that $150 night in January that basically blew my entertainment budget into the stratosphere, I do however owe a friend for paying a meal or two while hanging out. It's really only the fair thing to do and is how you can keep friends in the long run.

And I'm all about returning favours even if it means taking a hit to my wallet as a result.


3. I owe my roommates an awesome meal (???)

They didn't notice, or barely did, but they do deserve something nice to eat for next month, so I've got a recipe to cook something awesome in a slow cooker!

Why couldn't I do it in February though? Well, one because one roommate went meat-less for February, and for another, the recipe requires some ingredients that were outside of my "spending limit" on the month as far as... meat went. So there's that.


Among other things that need planning and doing for March, and as a result, likely won't be a very cheap month. However, and this is the important thing I need to stress and point out here regarding March, everything that will happen next month is planned into my budget as far as short-term savings goes and therefore I do have money for it.

Frankly though, living on $5 this week is going to be rough and with a depleting sugar drink store at home, all I can say is thank God this month is close to being over!