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January 18th, 2009 at 07:04 am

Saving log - $0 tip box
Spending log - $45 Big Lots + $75 groceries

Was treated to breakfast today, and since there was so much of it, I was also treated for dinner as well.

I've done a good job of brown bagging lunches that the refrigerator is pretty dry. It was quite a little grocery shopping run, something that we would have easily done every month or so, now it feels like a few times per year event. We tied the grocery run to a Big Lots run for paper towels, toilet paper, toiletries, and a lot of cheap replacements for items we've busted in the last year or so.

I feel terrible for thinking this, but as this recession deepens, while I'm still saving and earning, my thoughts are darker - the triage, who I will lend money to and who I won't. I joke to DH that I will lie if necessary and make up a job loss, but its unseemly. DH, of course, some of DH's family, sure, limited amounts. My family is small, just sister and I. But friends are tough. If they are your friends that's worth something, but too many requests & when money is pissed away, you are tapped out and you're pissed.

Sorry I seem so dark today. It was a blue sky, sunny, 40 degree day - a rare Seattle January day. And here's to the possibility of two more.

9 Responses to “triage”

  1. Petunia Says:
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    Wow, interesting thoughts! I doubt if anyone will ask to borrow money from us. Smile If the ground's not too wet I'm planning to get Mr H out in the yard to help dig up some more space for garden. (Or at least mark off the spot in some way.) I've been watching the weather for a series of non-rainy days.

  2. ralph Says:
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    Hey, any thinking and planning about the hard times ahead is worthwhile. At least I have no money to worry about being sought out by anyone! Except of course the usual corporate suspects who have it all now.

  3. Amber Says:
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    Well after the situation that I had with my sister no one can ask me to borrow money my answer will be no; with the exception of my mom. When she borrows you're either paid as soon as we get home or the next day after she has gone to the bank, she carries no cash (except $5) and no cc

  4. Koppur Says:
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    I don't think it is a bad thought at all. Times are hard for everyone. Helping a good friend or family put food on the table, OK. Lending them money to go to the movies, not so much.

  5. scfr Says:
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    You're not alone ... This has been on my mind a lot for the past 3 months or so (all about my larger and needier family).

  6. LuxLiving Says:
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    You just sound practical to me.

  7. mooshocker Says:
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    You must help those who are in need, however, help comes in many forms, not just financially. Usually, offering to teach a man how to fish will feed him for a lifetime, versus just giving him one for dinner. God bless.

  8. frugaltexan75 Says:
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    I'd be leary of lending money to anyone - friend or family, quite honestly. Anything I would do, I'd have to consider it as a gift, with no expectations of ever seeing it back. So . . . it would have to be an exceptional situation for me to 'gift' money to someone.

  9. my english castle Says:
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    I've had bad experiences lending money to friends. I'll feed them, but no more cash, I don't think. But I'm famous for eating my words.
    And the leftovers!

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