At the end of last month I almost ran out of money.
I try to pace my spending so that I always have some money in the bank, but this month expenses ran higher than usual. The last four days before payday I had nothing to spend – I couldn’t get gas or buy food, even! I need to do better in the future, because that was a scary period of time. The first item I eliminated from the budget was going out to eat. I can save a couple hundred bucks a month by eating all meals at home. The next step was to spend less money at the cannabis dispensary. I had no intention of stopping entirely, but if I could reduce my daily cannabis intake it would save me a lot of money. I got too hung up on only buying the top-shelf name brands of cannabis, such as Purple Haze or OG Kush. I admit to being a little bit of a “weed snob” so I relaxed my stance and started to sample other strains of cannabis. There were hits and misses, but I quickly found that I could enjoy getting high while spending a much smaller amount of money on cannabis products. I also keep my eyes peeled for special deals or sales at one of the local cannabis dispensaries, and take advantage of a good bargain whenever possible. So far I have managed to cut my cannabis spending in half, which is a lot of extra money in my pocket come the end of the month.
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