The Frugal Missus.

Beginning tomorrow, I am going to try something new for the rest of the month... I am going to attempt to exist very lean budget.

How lean? Well, leaner than what I am used to doing. And what I am used to doing is not budgeting much at all.

• See, I am only a part-time budget-er. I know what my monthly costs are:
• Gym - $140 (It's so worth it though.)
• Training - $1200 (But I don't pay any rent or utilities. So I can indulge.)
• Cell - $60 (And I never use up all my minutes)
• Groceries - $600
• Renter's Insurance - $46

Other than this, I put a heavy percentage into my savings and use the rest as "whatever cash." But, I'd like to save a certain amount of money before moving to Canada next Spring. So, in order to do that, I need to spend less per day from my "whatever cash." And I had to take a good look at what exactly I am spending my money on daily in order to cut down.

Here's a look at my daily expenses during the week:

• Starbucks coffees - $4
• Lunch - $10
• Cab home from yoga - $10
• Waters from yoga - $6

Now, I really don't want to do away with the yoga expenses. Occasionally, I will walk home from yoga. But often it's just easiest to hop into a cab. So lunches and coffee are definitely where I can cut back. Or at least where I will try. And I can cut out one of the waters from yoga.

So, instead of spending about $30 a day, I will drop that down to about $15 a day... At least for the rest of this month. I won't buy anymore coffee from Starbucks (Sorry D-Team!)... And I won't eat any meals out.

This should be interesting, yes? It's been a very long time since I gave myself a "petty cash" budget. But it's time tighten the purse strings if I want to save as much as I would like to before Canada. And if it comes down to it, I could cut my training sessions down to once a week, which would cut that cost in half each month.

We'll see though.