Many people who go through divorce suffer a change in their financial circumstances and need to amend previous spending patterns. Even if people go from "affluent" to "less affluent," it still can kind of suck to have to make budgeting choices where before it wasn't needed.
My divorced friends and I are going through this shift, and they wanted someone to write an article celebrating our new sense of thrift. Here are our accomplishments of the week.
- Kathryn went "book-bathing" at Barnes & Noble. She walked through the store and didn't buy any books.
- Jessica went to Nordstrom Rack and only spent $40 on things she intended to buy in the first place.
- I ate dinner in on Friday and Saturday night instead of going to Le Pichet.
In the category of "Not Cheating the System," we
- Paid for $2 all day parking at North Seattle College this weekend when we played pickle ball, and
- Paid our car tabs instead of letting it slide.
As my kids would say, “Yay us!”
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