Saving log - $2 tip box
Spending log - $1.70 coffee + $10 lunch
This is the best article on saving that I've read in weeks. It really is true in 2008 that one "spends together, but saves alone". But even 30 years ago it didn't used to be that way.
I will warn you that the piece above is a tad long, so here's an op ed neatly summarizing the original from the New York Times.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/opinion/10brooks.html?_r=1...
June 11th, 2008 at 06:30 am 1213162203
I want one of the "Thrift Captain" buttons ... But of course I won't spend $3 for one!
http://www.newthrift.org/descriptions.htm#button