Bottom line: We spent money. But not as much as we would have.
We didn't eat out except once when we were unexpectedly forced to be away from home, and we scrounged up some coupons and managed to stay under $10 that time.
I bought some stuff to make my niece's birthday invites, since I'd promised to do that before I thought of being cheap for a month.
I also bought the kids bathing suits for next year on super clearance because its impossible/expensive to get them at the beginning of summer, and kids' bathing suits rarely make it intact to goodwill.
Greg got a haircut, and I payed the library fines.
All in all, we averaged about $300 a week for the first two weeks for groceries, gas, and miscellaneous expenses. Not as good as I was hoping, but not bad either. We didn't use credit cards for anything, and paid all of our bills in plenty of time. Not bad 10 months into a new business!
