Nov 1st – headed into town to take the truck in for routine fall oil change and checks, all good no extra spending required – Essential

As i was at Canadian tire, the sales were good and the signs everywhere, i made sure to use the direct doors into the service area and put my mental blinders on LOL. I had thought i would need to leave it there longer and so i had Miss R come behind me to give me a ride back to the farm with a plan for Dear Hubby to bring me back.. But as it turns out they were fast on the turn around and said, just wait.. so wait we did.. With no coffee, or nothing.. I did give a thank you cash bill gift to Miss R as a thank you, I consider this good manners to kick a little something towards gas or a coffee etc

Nov 2nd – Today as Pantry stock up day based on cycle sales at a store that is a bit of a further drive then we normally go to, i went with a clear list of what was to be gotten with only three blank spots for sales unknown to me at the store. I did very well indeed, getting everything on my list and stocking up on a goodly number of things including a butter sale. I did fill my three wild card spots but only with pantry staples and only with on sale items. A costly grocery run yes, however it meet my No buy rules nicely!

Nov 3rd – a cold Sunday on the farm, everyone was home today so we have a lovely farm style brunch, Dear hubby dug the last of the potato’s (we had been digging as needed for over the past three plus months now) and Miss R was working on the hauling up of jars and clearing them out in the pit trench. I should be able to say that nothing was spent but its not true. Tribal Spirit drums put up their moose and deer scrap bags. These only go on sale rarely and they are $20 a bag, they are not “scrapes” so much as off cuts and the price point on the bags are amazing. While i could say that we didn’t “need” this sale we were going to buy moose and deer hide and i could have bought at full price, maybe at sale price or i could buy on the rare, sells out so fast blink and they are gone and take a gamble on color and so on.

So lets take a vote! Yes or No on the leather quote “scrap” bags in both colored and natural moose hide and natural/smoked colors in Deer hide for small winter projects and Christmas gifts

Nov 4th- No spend

Nov 5th- Motel spending due to needing to be close to the hospital for the next morning, so as far as i am concerned, while we certainly do not do a hotel room monthly or routine etc, its a approved spend

Nov 6th- The Hospital Parking Lot fees again fall into the approved spending, however the time and money spent at Tom’s Bakery as i waited for a number of hours while Dear Hubby was in the Hospital, was not approved spending. I did limit myself to reasonable portions and did not buy anything to take home with me. If you ever get the chance to stop by, they have VERY good coffee and their soup and bun for lunch was quite good, the sourdough bun was delightful!

Nov 7th- The gate came in, we have had access to the dog runs from the side door closed off to the main farm yard for a five plus years now and it has worked well for us. However with Miss R having moved in, it was time to do a rebuild and finally add in a gate to that area so she can have access to come in and out of the door which leads much more directly to her room. So the gate was ordered last week and came in to the local hardware store, the gate and the required hardware was all gotten on this day.

How has your first week been, i know a few folks here and on Facebook said they are also going to do their own version of a no spend November. Did you find it easy this week, did you struggle a bit?

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