Dont worry! Friday will be here before you know it!

As long as you know where the money went you can watch it next time. For me being aware is half the battle. If all you need is one tank of gas I don't think its that terrible -- put it on a credit card and pay it off BEFORE the bill comes.

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Grace

Wife to Stoney

Mommy of Sarah (8.5), Hannah (7), and John(5)

seriuosly- try craigslist !

Friday will be here before you know it.

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I have to 3rd craigslist if you live in an area where it is popular. Hope next pay period goes better for you!

somehow in the past few days our bank account went UP $1!! Check that out! and on top of that, God provides by using whatever source He wants!! ---> DH was at work two nights ago and called me to say that he didn't have the credit card to get gas. What he thought was 1/4 of a tank of gas (just enough to get home on) suddenly went down to "E" within a couple miles and he was at a gas station, after working a 13 hour day (his second day at the job!) counting change in the car to get a gallon of gas. There was $3.23 total, and he got off the phone to pre-pay the amount so he didn't go over. Well, when he got off the phone, his friend called him to chat. He happened to be at Walmart, less than a mile up the road, so he told DH to drive up there and he'd give him a couple gallons of gas to get home. Bless his heart, he payed for $20 worth of gas for DH! God provides and answers our prayers. I know that might sound wacky to some, but He is there in the little things and sometimes certain little things stay little things because God intervenes.

DH gets paid in two days, and last night I bought some fresh bananas for his lunches with a little pocket change I had laying around. He (DH) wasn't upset about the money - once I told him where it went, he totally understood and encouraged me that it would be okay. I did check past statements and cancel one thing to make sure it didn't auto-deduct and put the account in the red (I had been meaning to cancel the service anyhow, so this was just the shove I needed).

as for craigslist, I've spent the better part of the past 7 months severely purging our home. we never had anything worth enough for someone else - still don't. I don't know if that's a smiley thing or a sad thing

Honestly, I know it sounds strange, but I kind of ENJOY being flat broke (as long as the bills are paid, of course). I really do not like the materialistic part of me that creeps up now and then, and I feel like being physically limited with finances doesn't even let there be a chance for that. Somehow, when we're down to pocket change, I make the best dinners (creatively, with what I have on hand) and really enjoy my time with DH and DS at home. Hmmm I am a strange creature. LOL

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It is that little rush that you get during a crisis. You are doing something to make it through and just survive. A surge of creativity. I hear that many manic-depressives won't take medication because it stifles the manic phase.

Cathleen

God is great! Friday today, already! Hope it went well for you.

Proof to yourself that you can survive! Of course it is something that you do not want to do all the time.

But at least it is Friday and congrats on never overdrawing in your checking account!!

I, too, love the rush I get from making ends meet!

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"It's time to move from what we can do, to what we must do, to what we will do." ~Hillary Clinton