Money Spendin' Guidelines

I'm going back to my Aussie days...of money saving, ramen noodles, the whole shebang. After digging through my Gmail drafts of random thoughts, I found a "Money Spendin' Guidelines" email draft that I intended to send out to my roomies in August 2007 to help my regulate my life. Clearly I need it - I'm impulsive, I like to gorge, I eat cold pizza for brekkie, and I still buy CDs to listen to music, and clearly procrastinate - all elements of a horrific debt model. Looks like it's really time to put my foot down.

Guidelines:
- No shopping until CC debt is cleared. Exception: Toiletries and cleaning products.
- Eat at a restaurant valued at $20+ pp: Once a week max. Brunch counts.
- Pho, Chicken & Rice, Pizza are okay if under $7. Only exception: Work Reasons.
- Other Food: Groceries at Trader Joe's (finish that gift card first and foremost), K-town, C-town. Max 1 Pinkberry per month.
- Watch a movie in a theater: Once a week max. Movie hopping on the same day is okay for now.
- Upcoming Tribeca Film Fest: Plan ahead. Choose 5 per week max. Ask someone with a student ID/Amex card to get it for you. :)
- Concerts: After Ben Kweller, Lady Gaga, Missy Higgins, no more concerts, unless they're free or after May. Bamboozle is okay.
- Alcoholic drinks: 2 max per night. 1 night max per week.
- Music/Books: No DVDs and books. Stop buying those damn CDs!Unless B&N membership gives me a great discount.
- Taxis: Only after 1AM or with roomies. Take the bus!
- Travel: Cabo is okay. 1 more weekend ski trip for rest of season.

How to offset money spendin' addiction:
- Read all those books and magazines you haven't read yet.
- Start writing again
- Walk around town
- Work out?
- Web surf like a maniac
- DVR everything
- Watch She's the Man and Amelie again and again
- Max out that Blockbuster mail-in DVDs limit!Don't forget those in-store exchanges.
- Blog!

I don't know what I just committed myself to. *Gulp* WAKE UP!!!

Guys cmon - it's not that bad at all - don't cry for me! :-)