I have made a few attempts at the $20 challenges, but have kept my eye on the bigger picture, which does'nt seem to work anyway. Seeing the rousing success of some of blogging buddies, I will have to rethink this. Taking $20 and making something more of it? I can do that and in fact I can think of circumstances when I HAVE done that. Will spend more time pondering this one!

I received a $10 payout from one of the online survey places. What to do, what to do? Frame it? Blow it? Put the down payment on a new car? I will consider all options. There is the $20 challenge too.... Oh you know, I will throw it in the checking account to be absorbed to pay something! Oh well, it's fun to dream! :-)

Here is a list of my May goals:

May goals:
*start walking 3x's a week (Nope)
*list some things on ebay or half.com (DID)
*follow 50/30/20 budget (DID)
*no new debt (NOPE)
*look into new employment (DID, NO RESULTS YET)
*add SOMETHING to my $20 goal! (DID)
*work on a garden or at least a couple of tomato plants (DID)

Almost accomplished everything!

June Goals:
*No new debt
*start walking twice a week
*redo DD1 and DD3's rooms cheaply
*add something to the $20 challenge
*have a monster blow out garage sale and get rid of some of this JUNK!

Added $10 to my $20 challenge! Yeah!

I added money to my $20 challenge! (Applause!)
Saved money by sending bills online and saved money in coupons at the grocery and did'nt buy some things I wanted.
So (drumroll) I am up to $106!!!
Yeah!

Okay, my poor $20 challenge fund is stuck at $90. Now, I'm glad I got that high, and I have'nt spent any of it, but still I have'nt added to it! I think when my rebates come in, I will put them in there, but help! I am a literal saver, I have to have the actual cash to put in it. Should I start charging my kids when I clean their rooms? Any suggestions?

I've been looking at everyones recaps of March. Looks like it has been a hard month for everybody!
I am ready to start my budget for April. (Yep, that B word!) Hopefully we are prepared. I am trying to get all our money into the bank so I have one big lump sum to work with. Took out $100 cash for groceries. Still have $17 left. Not bad, I actually paid attention to what went in the cart and paid cash. This is such a new concept.
The ebaying went okay in March. Still cheat myself when it comes to shipping sometimes. Trying to keep the customers happy. Still, I made more than I would have in a garage sale. Just not a giant profit. Thinking about concentrating on books, like KarenSue. They should be easier to ship. And shipping to Canada! Holy cow! Thats nuts. Won't be doing that again! And expensive!
I think I'm ready for April. The girls dresses are bought, shoes shined and goodies are ready to go into the Easter baskets. The only wildcard is DD3's First Communion. I tend to go a little nuts for company!
Will keep you posted on the "B" word situation!
I have $90 in my $20 challenge fund, and I had even had to borrow from it, but paid it back! Yeah!