Daily Money

OK, so in efforts to quit smoking, I am thinking about how much money I'll be able to save. I've already got my bills down and eat dinner at home 6 days a week, so I'm good there. The daily unnecessary money is the last part:

• Cigarettes -- $3.13
• Soda -- $3.09
• Coffee -- $0.56
• Driving around -- $3.25

Yes, I do drive a lot. I go about 40 miles, just for fun about every day. I do get between 28 and 31 mpgs, best just after an oil change.

So, the cigarettes will give me $93.90 on a 30 day month. That'd be pretty good funneled into savings. It's 21.91 a week. BTW, Circle K has Marlboro Mediums on sale for cheap when you buy 2 packs.

After cigarettes will come soda & driving around. Those won't be cut out entirely. I'll cut them back to the level of the coffee. All of that will save me 8.35 a day, 58.45 a week, 250.50 a month, 3,047.75 over a year! That's enough to buy an cheap, but working, car/truck. Several if you find a good deal.

OK, so I should forget about everything I just said. I'll just stick with the $3.13 a day for cigarettes. It's gonna go in my change jar every day.