Yay John! My husband got a great contracting gig yesterday. He got a JOB. It’s short term, but it pays well and is doing exactly what he loves to do which is doing scripting using Macromedia Flash. So we are hoping this the beginning of some good things. He’s also going to start offering to do websites and stuff and see if he can get some more freelance work that way.

I am on my latest money saving quest. Can you believe that I actually ENJOY saving money? I mean.. it feels as good to me as spending money. I get a charge out of figuring out how much “after tax” I am saving. So if I sell something on Ebay, it’s really 25% more cash then I think because I don’t have to pay Uncle Sam for it. Of if I buy something on Ebay, after deducting shipping, it’s like getting it for an additional 3% off cause I don’t have to pay Washington’s outrageous 9.2% sales tax.

My latest quest is now to start shopping at a bunch of different grocery stores. Instead of planning my meals and buying what I “want”. Now I am buying what is on sale for a month and IM going see what that does to my monthly grocery bill. We buy A LOT of meat and fresh produce so our monthly grocery bill (not counting eating out) comes to about 1K or a little more per month. This includes shampoo, pull-ups etc. This week, by shopping THREE stores sales (granted, it took me extra time and I figure my time is worth about $20 per hour) I was able to shave approx. $65!! And we are eating WELL! Pot Roast, Port Chops, Chicken, Spare Ribs. YUM! So if I can shave off $65 per week that would be $3380 per YEAR. The fact that it’s all “after tax” is an additional benefit. So I will add 25% to that figure for a grand total of $4425 per year. That’s the equivalent of my husband getting over a $2 per hour raise. Not bad right? And you know, I know I could shave even more off our food bill if I would actually do MEAL PLANNING instead of just cruising up and down the isles buying what I think we “need”. Maybe that will be my next quest.

Is it sick the way I think? Maybe. But it helps me to not want to spend spend spend all the time.

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