My New Job

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The day that I received the call about my 3rd piano student dropping out, I had a message from a friend who wanted to talk to me about some work. It was one of those times when I felt God winking at me, reminding me that He is the kind of God who will take employment away and replace it with bigger, better employment.

That's not what He did this time. But He can.

So, with a certain percentage of our income no longer coming in, (I will do some work for my friend, but on a volunteer basis) I have dedicated myself to a new job: Spending less. My first week on the job has been, if I may say so myself, pretty successful! Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...my new project.

Exhibit A - The list of BOGO specials at 2 local grocery stores:


Exhibit B - A list of meals for the next 3 weeks.



Exhibit C - The amount I saved shopping on BOGO and coupons at the FIRST store.



Exhibit D - The amount I saved using BOGOs and coupons at the SECOND store. (I don't know why it uploaded sideways.)



Total saved - $144.19! Not to mention what we'll save by not eating out or having to shop for the next 3 weeks...

My apologies for this shameless pat of myself on the back.

Comments

Cool Dad said…
YES. This stuff is like music to my ears.
January 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM
Mary @ Giving Up On Perfect said…
WOW! That's awesome!!

And...a little crazy...because AGAIN I was planning to post on this very thing. This week. Probably tomorrow.

From a different perspective, of course. But still. Are you reading my mind or WHAT?! :)
January 19, 2009 at 9:30 AM
berry said…
awesome Amy! Don't forget your co-brain child... www.spendlessgivemore.org

okay, now we've both made shameless plugs.
January 19, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Matt said…
Amy, if you find yourself writing more often about how you're spending less, we'd love to feature your posts at SLGM (Berry's plug above). You could just give them all a common tag–spendless, or saving, for example–and we could import them over.

Let me know what you think!
January 19, 2009 at 8:32 PM
Amy said…
Cool Dad - I knew you'd be proud!

Yes, Photo, I believe there is some weird telepathy thing going on here!

Bear - Hooray! I can't wait for you guys to get that going.

Matt - Sure! They'll get better than this, I hope.
January 19, 2009 at 8:55 PM
Autumn said…
I think I'll blow up the picture of your meals and use it! Ha.... Great Job.
January 20, 2009 at 9:02 AM
Jack and Lexi's Mom said…
Very cool and so well documented. My, we are hyper-organized!
January 20, 2009 at 2:24 PM
cool mum said…
Add another big pat on the back from me! Yay!
January 21, 2009 at 9:36 AM
Brenda said…
I'm curious and a little embarrassed to say that I don't know what BOGO is. But, wow, I'm super impressed with your savings!
January 21, 2009 at 11:52 AM
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