August Spending Free

Last year, we began what we hoped would be an annual event: a spending free (you can read about it here).  We may be a month later this year, but I don't think that matters.  Forcing ourselves to pause and think more about our spending is what's important.  The rules from last year remain, but we are doing something a little different this time.  Since August brings us the Twins Days Festival and some birthday dinners, we decided to set aside a small amount of cash to use for these events that don't really fit into our "spending free" set of rules.  I suppose this is a little bit like cheating, but when the money is gone it's gone, so we'll still have to think about how we spend it.  I'll write an update at the end of the month to let you know how we do.  See ya later coffee from the drive-thru . . .