My latest batch of soap, it had its ups and downs on this one, only time will give the answer on how it will turn out after curing and for use, hopefully it will be just fine.. but its clearly going to ash like a brat, I can see it already!

Well the idea is simple enough and we have had no spend months before, but I am just not sure how this one is going to work out 😛 (more on that later)

So in case you have never read a no spend month on a blog challenge before, its simple, you don’t spend extra month or depending in you combine it with a live out of your house month, you don’t buy stuff or food!

Now on our farm, we have a few rules, critter food and or meds or care is never included, if the ferries is coming, he gets paid, if the old hound needs her monthly meds, she gets her meds, these are like making the house payment or the phone, they are set and they will be paid on time.

What the challenge comes in on is quote “free money”, you know what I mean, those several hundreds of dollars per month or worse per pay check that just float out into the world, never or rarely really buying you much that you need, but lots of little wants, I earned it, I’m tired, Sure I need another dress, or the worst one yet.. I don’t know when I might need it but “ITS ON SALE”

Now in our little work family we both get a allowance each pay day and for the month of sept, I cut it in half, down from 20 a week of free money to ten a week of free money, but I keeping it.. this money is above and beyond the challenge, you can end the month with the whole amount in your pocket or you can spend it all.. what you can’t do is touch the cards! or hit a bank machine, without approval.

So here is the deal, for the month of sept, if I buy things above and beyond the norm, I will do a weekly report on it and will give a end of the month savings and or end of the month non-savings.

I needed some crafting supplies to finish a project total costs yet to come in.. I also needed to order lye, so that I can make and take some extra soap as gifts with me when I head out at the end of the month, while it did take me six months to make it happen, I am without soap making lye in the house and I just kept buying it until I got as much as I could before the shipping would change, so that I get the most bang for my buck!

Sept 3rd-Lye for planned soap making refilled plus shipping 50.00
Sept 3rd -Crafting supplies -11 dollars.

Now the other possible thing that will really throw my no spend sept lets save money for my trip and for a few other things like o say, a new set of tires for the van (which passed its e-test with no issues)but the tires are at getting to the middle and downward worn stage, which is fair, they have been good tires and earned their keep for sure.

is the fact that I might? be buying a second hand older horse trailer, this would allow me to take over the hauling of my own livestock to the butcher and it would also allow me to train Brandy (its a small two horse trailer) and perhaps someday in the future be able to go and take different local trail rides etc.

Now clearly I don’t need a trailor, I have a great hauler, and I am not that likely to really haul Brandy out that often by myself to ride in the bush by myself, so it has to fall more into the “want” then a need for sure.. but it does have positive things in regards to it..