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Easing the spending qualms

December 11th, 2007 at 01:19 am

Lots of people have been

Text is blogging and Link is http://www.myopenwallet.net/2007/12/watching-it-evaporate.html
blogging about
Text is spending more and Link is http://www.mapgirl.net/mfc/2007/12/10/november-2007-net-worth-update-winding-up-the-year-a-big-fat-mess/
spending more than usual this month.

I feel similarly. Nothing is out of control, but it's adding up. The mattress. A haircut. Gifts. More gifts. I have enough money, but as Madame X wrote, it's watching it evaporate that makes me feel a tinsy bit uneasy. I know I'd feel better if I could make just a little more this month to try to balance it out.

So, to assuage my anxiety about all the spending this month, I posted an ad advertising myself available for New Year's Eve childcare. No one has contacted me yet, but there's still time.

I also responded to an ad from a family looking for in-home childcare for the week of Christmas, 5 hours each day. I am actually going to be with Mr. Bean visiting my parents the week of Xmas, but I said I would be available the last three days they needed someone. I'm supposed to call them on Thursday to talk, so I don't really know what their childcare situation is. I said I charged $10 / hour. I'm not going to do it for less, but if it works out, it will be an extra $150 and possibly a connection to a new family with occasional childcare needs.

1 Responses to “Easing the spending qualms”

  1. mapgirl Says:
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    thanks for the link! :-)

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