Day 2 into practicing for retirement and I failed.
Thai Food
It isn’t like we can’t afford to eat but our plan was to plan our outings and not do the spur of the moment expenditures. Then I go see a Facebook picture and I’m off to the Thai restaurant.
I’ll do better. I may have to get off Facebook and Ravelry if I am going to succeed at this pre-retirement challenge.
karenfae says
lol – it is a challenge at times – when hubby early retired 11 years ago I tried to stay on a budget and mostly it worked but then he kept taking contract jobs so we didn’t have to watch the money now at the end of this month he is retiring for good again and he will be 66 so we will be on social security, retirement fund and investments and savings – we will have enough but we really need to budget more and not just get what we want when we want it. Some things pop up here and there that you don’t expect so you always have to keep that in mind
Joyce says
Perhaps you should include some money in the budget for the spur-of-the-moment opportunities (like good Thai food). If you don’t use it, that’s great and you can be excited about it, but if you do use it, you don’t have to feel guilty. It’s pretty depressing to feel like you can never do anything unless you’ve planned it all out.
Teri says
Looks tasty — was it good? Does your budget have category for entertainment/dining out? You don’t go out that often do you?
Linda in NE says
I don’t think you can really practice for retirement. As long as it’s not for real you’ll feel OK spending a little extra here and there. Strangely enough when my husband retired and started getting Social Security, pension, 401K and annuity our income actually improved over just take home pay. When my expected Social Security was equal to or better than my take home pay from the library I retired too. It’s nice.
Cilla Tyler says
What is that delicious looking dish. I have not seen that at my not so local thai restaurant.