Weekend extravaganza's

My boyfriend is going to cost me.

I understand this. I understood this from the beginning. It still sucks.

So I sucked it up and turned down the ski weekend he suggested. I need to be brave in this. It will only hurt me otherwise.

It is incredibly difficult, though. Because he is so generous. And I have always met my friends halfway, or have been the generous one. But if I owe as much a I do, there can be no generosity. Actually there are probably a ton of frugal gifts blog posts out there right now.

So....

Friday
70 dollars for child care. Ouch.
And 2.75 cents to get change. (Chips and soda)
I will go on a rant about child care in a later post.
5 dollars for a lotto ticket. Bad investment, I know. The only time I can't resist a lotto ticket is when my finances suck as much as they do now.

Saturday
94 dollars for a ferry. Yes, a ferry. Prior to my year of not spending money, I agreed to go on a trip to the island with the ever so generous boyfriend. He offered to pay for it all. So against my religion. To be frugal by letting someone else pay, unlikely. That would be cheap!
19 dollars for candy, coffee and water. Yes, I suck. I volunteered to pay, because there MUST be some middle ground.
16 dollars for groceries.
Sunday
4 dollars for two buns at a cafe. For my daughters lunch this week.
94 dollars for the ferry back. That is why island vacations are off the market for the next year.
1127 for A&W. This I NEED to stop.
52 dollars for the weekly groceries.

So lots of bad things. And as for good things:

I spoke to my friend Chris, who at the age of 32 to 34ish will manage to pay off his mortgage in the next couple of months. It is a small condo, but paid off. So proud.

I turned down a ski weekend.
I had some uncomfortable financial discussions with my handsome and generous boyfriend. I want him to be on board too.

We will see.