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| Our Meager Savings: Ignore the ugly glue stains on the bottom! |
The idea is to
put a $1 in the first week, $2 in the second week and so on, until you reach
$52 in the last week. At the end, you’re supposed to end up with $1,378.
From the weekly
markings, it looks like we did well for about three months, and then fell off.
One issue is we attempted to keep up two plans – one for the Teen and one for
me, which means me contributing the funds for both. At this time, my daughter
suggested we combine and we did.
The biggest
problem? First, it started as making change for larger bills, and then we began
to “borrow” for special outings. Soon, we stopped putting in, and the rest is
history.
So how did you
do? Anyone succeed? Who’s going to try again in 2016? Maybe we should use a
container that can’t be opened!
If you’re
interested, here’s a cool Pinterest board with various charts:
BTW – In general,
I don’t “suck” at saving … maybe just this one!
Until next time,
Louisa Bacio
Yeah, we had the same issues, borrow for special outings, money in between paychecks for the farmer's market, etc. Are you going to try again this year, Louisa?
ReplyDeleteYes, and YES! I liked it -- thought it was fun. I found what looked to be a neat article about alternatives to the plan that worked better, but it wanted me to answer three personal questions before reading the whole thing and I clicked out, LOL.
DeleteSo sticking with this one!