Money.....Recession and Making it through!

Oh man. What a weekend. I get paid friday only to have to pay more money then I thought I would for expenses I didnt plan for. But they say nothing doesnt happen for a reason. I've decided to use cash more then debit when I make a purchase so I can keep track of my expenses and bring my debt down.

I think I did well for myself today. I bring my clothes over to the laundromat since the machines there actually cleans your clothes. BUT you pay a bigger rpice then if I brought them downstairs to the building laundrymat. Anyway, the laundromat across the way has some $1.50 machines that I didnt use in the past bc I thought I was balling. I would go to the $3.25 machines instead. Well today I decided to do the $1,50 ones and I ended up washing and drying 3 loads of clothes for $6.50! I saved $7 bucks in my pocket!

I'm shaking my head right now bc the news reported 2 weeks ago wednesday that Bank of Canada declared the recession was now over. Yet when the jobless numbers for July came out they had not changed since the ones for June. So, the question asks...is this recession really over? Or is The BOC declaring it over to trick the public into thinking its safe to spend more money because let me tell you we are no fool. I was in the supermarket saturday and overheard a few peope int eh line after I checked out making sure they got the most for their money. One man even exchanged his case of water for a cheaper one bc he saw ones on sale at the cash. I dont blame him why not? Another lady argued with her daughter that they couldnt afford to buy some desert thing she wanted and she would have to wait till next time bc she didnt have the money.

Recession over huh??

I think our government should give us way more credit for being smarter then they think we are instead of declaring fake good news that our naked eyes see is clearly not the case. No one is taking their declaration as a indication that its safe to spend more then we need to. I know Ive really tightened up my budget in an effor to save alot more money. Today I went to buy eyeliner and lashes that I ran out of 2 months ago and when I saw the bill I made the lady refund my money (the ones I picked up were labeled on sale but actually werent) and asked her supervisior to refund my optimum points ($10 worth) so I could use them another time. Her commission wasnt much and I could see she didnt like that but I dont care. I only care about what I spent out of pocket today and being concious of where my money is going not her commision.

Till we talk again next time. Goodnight all!