August 18th, 2008 - Abundance: $1
I’ve decided to join Millionaire Mommy Next Door in her 30 Day Abundance Project (this shows the project’s posts in reverse order, so you might want to read the first day first. The first day, you get $1, and each subsequent day, you double your money. How will you spend it and why? Is there something you can do today to earn or save that much money? Is there anything stopping you from spending the money in this way?
Day 1 $1, Saturday August 16
If I had an extra dollar today, I would send it to The Elephant Sanctuary for Tange’s Endowment Fund, my personal favorite charity.
When I was garage saling for clothes for Maggie, I made a lower offer on a collection of clothes and saved 75 cents! I hate bartering at sales, even though everyone says you should. However, the lady had come over and told me to make an offer when I started browsing. Plus, it was a way to actually get most of an extra dollar today. Yes, I would have bought the clothes even if I’d been turned down. (Funny part, she first said no, how about $6, then when I said nothing, she looked again and realized the original total wasn’t $6!) Technically, you could say I saved way more than $1 since I don’t buy MJ’s clothes at the stores, but since I never buy brand new clothes for her (unless at garage sales) I’m not going to count that.
Nothing’s stopping me and in fact, I have money set aside for Tange already. I should go send it in. And tack on an extra dollar.
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Oh shucks, in getting the links for the first paragraph, I discovered she started with $100, not $1. AND, we’re not allowed to duplicate what we spend it on. So I’m going to up the ante, and I’ll save Tange for a bigger donation. So, let’s do this again.
Day 1 $100, Saturday August 16
If I had an extra $100, I’d buy organic bread or white flour. I decided to actually do so this weekend, as I have spending money, and I’d really like to have organic homemade white bread. I have organic whole wheat, but don’t care for 100% whole wheat bread all the time. Given the current cost of flour, and the amount we use, I haven’t considered going organic in the grocery budget. But I can certainly afford to with my own spending money. But I can’t find it in town–checked the natural foods store and the grocery store. The former said she’d never seen organic white flour. I’ve found it at King Arthur, but it’s not available.
Find the money: Donate items no longer needed for a tax deduction. I just can’t stand selling things on EBay or Craigslist. The hassle and arrangements are difficult for me. I prefer to donate. And we just made some significant donations after clearing out the garage that should net us at least $100 savings on our taxes.
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By the way, although MMND started this back in June, she’s only up to day 14, as in the midst of it, they decided to move and did! I’ll try to do it more quickly, 5 days a week, but it is the beginning of the school year so who knows? At least it will be a fun break, especially as the amounts get large in a week or so!