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April 17th, 2007 at 06:05 pm

Well we're doing really well and sitting at $253 in cash going into tonight. Tomorrow is budget refill day so tonight the wife is going grocery shopping and taking our daughter for a haircut. The good thing about the cut is usually she goes to the same stylist as my wife does and it runs us $100. She is going to her friend's mom's hair salon this time and my wife says it'll probably run about $30-40 which is a huge relief for $10 haircut dad! Smile

This time I think we'll refill the dollars right to $300 but after a full run at the grocery store and the haircut we'll probably be pulling out a couple hundred. We'll see though!

Posted in I-78's Informative Additions | 9 Comments »

9 Responses to “Budget update”

  1. nance Says:
    April 17th, 2007 at 06:41 pm 1176835277
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    Yikes! I can't imagine paying $100.00 for a haircut. That stylist must be good!

  2. disneysteve Says:
    April 17th, 2007 at 08:28 pm 1176841702
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    I don't think any stylist is worth $100. My wife and I both cut our own hair, but before that we always went to Hair Cuttery for $13.

  3. homebody Says:
    April 18th, 2007 at 01:18 am 1176859115
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    $100.00 for a haircut?? My hair is so thin, Matercuts at the mall charged me $5.00 last night I went. DH was going to a salon, but since SIL the Marine took DH to his barber, DH goes to him now too! Way cheaper and he can go whenever he has the time instead of trying to get an appointment. I trim my own hair, but probably should go get a real haircut sometime soon.

  4. robex Says:
    April 18th, 2007 at 01:23 am 1176859388
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    Hey, I-78! I've copied your $300 spending plan this week...started on Friday and I'm currently left with $37.00 to last through Thursday.

    I'll keep you posted. I used to solely use the envelope system, but I found it too complicated because I ended up with too many envelopes and I'd always be shuffling money around in them. Drove me nuts. Your idea is a better way for me to spend cash only without having to keep such a tight rein on everything. Thanks for the idea--hope you don't mind having a shadow!

  5. daylily Says:
    April 18th, 2007 at 02:11 am 1176862292
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    I'll agree with some of the others that $100 is too much. However, I also think that $10 is too low. Hairstylists need to earn a living too! I have a great relationship with the person who has been cutting my hair for 15-years and I feel I owe it to him to help contribute to him having a decent standard of living.

  6. Jane Says:
    April 18th, 2007 at 10:21 am 1176891709
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    Another perspective on the $100 haircut - I've cut my own and my husband's hair for 28 years, and all three of our sons' hair when they were growing up. The cost was limited to a couple of good pairs of scissors and probably 4 sets of clippers that we went through. However, in the last couple of years I've been taking a medication that has caused my hair to thin drastically, and coupled with the onset of GRAY, I could no longer cut or style my previously very thick, very curly hair in a way that looked at all good. A dear friend (with always gorgeous hair) took me to her stylist, where a color and cut cost me $139. And now I love my hair again! She was able to cut it in a way that downplayed the thinness, and I absolutely love my color weave (no more gray)! This has done wonders for my self-esteem. So I'd come down on the side of "it can be worthwhile to pay a really, really good stylist if you have some specific problem with your hair that you cannot deal with." Btw, even though I'm going back to this stylist again when need arises, I'm still cutting my husband's hair...for free.

  7. homebody Says:
    April 18th, 2007 at 02:01 pm 1176904899
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    Okay Jane I need a picture of your haircut. And yes I agree with your perspective. Heck I'm about ready to buy a wig my hair is so thin.

  8. Jane Says:
    April 18th, 2007 at 04:55 pm 1176915334
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    Lol, Homebody, the picture wouldn't be so impressive without the "before" - and that one's never seeing the light of day!
    I did take full advantage of my $139 appointment by listening carefully to the advice about products and the application thereof, from the very skilled stylist. Even so, I would kind of like to point out for the record that we don't have any credit card debt and have a good-sized retirement account in place OR I don't think I'd have even considered the pricey haircut. I would have just gotten comfortable with wearing a hat until we were in better shape financially. But hey, that's just me.

  9. shadon Says:
    April 29th, 2007 at 11:21 pm 1177888895
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    Hello? Is there anybody out there? Smile

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