I’m still in the process of working out the focus of our first FIRE effort, but it occurred to me that if we want to save money, we had best have something to save. I’ve been spending a lot of time with my nose in Quicken (old school, I know), examining our spending, figuring out some kind of model for our cash flow. I used to be so diligent about tracking every penny, but it fell by the wayside when my dad got really sick a number of years ago. I just never got back into that groove. Until now.

I have known for quite some time that food was one of our biggest problem areas. We spend a completely unreasonable amount of money on food every month, so this week we zeroed in with laser focus. I even got Mr. and The Teen on board, working with me to stay within our weekly budget.

Along the same vein, I signed up for The Frugalwoods Uber Frugal Month. I haven’t told my family. I’m sure they’re going to love it… 😉

…and I had hoped to have heard back by today about a job interview I had last week. It’s a part-time gig that would go along way toward moving us in the right direction.

I suppose my task for the weekend is making sure we nail that food budget. I can take another look at things on Monday.