Within Our Mean Means

Oh, and it's payday. We lived within our means this month. We actually did. Here's what it took:

No new clothes, no new shoes or coat for my husband, no dry-cleaning, no gas for the car, no heat or ac, no haircuts, no going to the movies, no new books, no magazines, no travel, no wine, no plentiful food, except when his parents bought our groceries one week.

Unless I find a job, this was a one-month-only. We both need haircuts. One of us really needs a winter coat. And it's almost October. We will need heat.

Ah, well. This whole not sliding into more debt thing was cool while it lasted.