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50 Things to Do…When You’re Short on Cash

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Okay, so today is Sunday…and I figure that I should make a theme: Sassy Sarcastic Sunday. So, there’s that.

As promised, here are 50 things you can do when you’re broke as hell.

  1. Brush your hair.
  2. Take up a semi cheap hobby… Crocheting is hella inexpensive! Have you seen how much a ball of yarn is?
  3. Paint your nails.
  4. Watch *free* episodes on hulu or youtube.
  5. Invent something.
  6. Get your invention idea stolen because you talked about it in a Starbucks.
  7. Drive around aimlessly… Of course that cost more money in gas than going out to a bar.
  8. Concentrate on your exercise.
  9. Reorganize the apps on your phone… It keeps things fresh.
  10. Carve your initials into a tree.
  11. People watch.
  12. Look up a diet cleanse and not do it.
  13. Practice your typing.
  14. Play monopoly with your dog/cat/rabbit.
  15. Organize your planner, and then forget about it the next week.
  16. Design your house on Pinterest.
  17. Start a blog.
  18. Plan your wedding on Pinterest. Whether it be real or fake.
  19. Window shop on the interweb.
  20. Finally clean out your inbox.
  21. Unsubscribe to shopping emails in your inbox. 😦
  22. Become an expert at origami
  23. Live vicariously through those who go out on the weekends.
  24. Envy your dogs life.
  25. Work more hours at work.
  26. Start a savings account.
  27. Call it: One Day…
  28. Rerecord your voicemail message.
  29. Do your voicemail message in the voice of Bane from Batman.
  30. Perfect your Russian accent
  31. Text your friends pictures of puppies.
  32. Build a treehouse, or a snowman, depending on your weather sitch.
  33. Make your own coffee. (AS IF)
  34. Try to figure out how mirrors work.
  35. Count how many times a ceiling fan spins per hour.
  36. Volunteer.
  37. Become a youtube sensation over night.
  38. Become insta famous.
  39. Train your dog to bring you food.
  40. Clean your bathroom.
  41. Create a fan page for an obscure actor from the 90’s. (Ron Orbach) (Best DMV Tester Cher could have had)
  42. Cry when your Rue LaLa app reminds you about new sales.
  43. Take up ribbon dancing.
  44. Brew your own beer.
  45. Do your laundry.
  46. Apply for jobs.
  47. Apply to graduate school.
  48. Learn how to cook.
  49. Learn how to be the burger king.
  50. Don’t take any of these seriously.

Well, that was too easy.

Anywho, look out for a list of actual things to do on a budget sometime this week! I’m thinking Tuesday evening? After work? I get out at 10. See you then 🙂

xoxo -Kate

Broke Ain’t No Joke

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Let’s talk about this hiatus, huh?

Anywho, I’m trying my friends. I really am. Life catches you and throws you around like a piece of meat. Ugh, whatevs. Let’s just say,

I’m sorry. Okay, now that we have that out of the way, we have some new confessions. We can call them the good, the bad, and the really terrible.

For the good: I started making my own lunch, I thankfully have a job, and I’m paying off my credit card debt…$20 each week to be exact. I have to say, it’s a good balance. I’ve trained myself to look at my paycheck with $40 less every two weeks.

For the bad: I work in a clothing store. A really cute one. I get a fairly awesome discount, and I wear the clothes anyway. We all can see where this is going.

The really terrible: EEK! Okay, I’m getting married next year, and PINTEREST is making things so hard on me (typical first world problem) Ok, but seriously. Everything I see on there, I want in my wedding. I had to talk myself out of buying ANOTHER engagement photo shoot outfit because while shopping, my creative wheels were turning.   On another note, let’s hear it for all the fabulous bitties living paycheck to paycheck! (Do I hear a…cricket?) Is it just me? Well, in that case: let me break it down. I barely make enough to afford gas, food, and a student loan. (Thanks Sallie Mae)

This is where my wonderous post comes in:

What To Expect When Broke:

  1. Ha. The first thing you have to expect is probably a major cramp in your social life. Sure, I gave up going out every weekend once I graduated from college, but let’s get real, a girl’s got to get her drank on. Right?
  2. On top of that major cramp in social life, you’ll probably experience some sort of desperate search for coins; quarters, pennies, nickels, dimes OH MY.
  3. Coffee is a luxury: well, I didn’t give this up..because I’d be a much meaner person if that was taken away.
  4. You find new and exciting ways to revamp your clothing style: In other words: You can’t buy a new outfit every weekend…sorry, Blair Waldorf.
  5. Lastly, (and this is just the tip of the iceberg) you will tend to think you have more money than you actually do. I am so guilty of this. I love giving presents, and I really do have to learn that I cannot afford it!

A word from the wise, it’s hard. This is a hard, stupid concept to wrap your head around. It comes with petty fights with loved ones (don’t give in to fighting about money) and a lot of lonely nights while your friends go out without you.

Next post? What do to on a limited budget.

xoxo- Kate