Layout:
Home > 3rd Time Going Through FPU

3rd Time Going Through FPU

September 22nd, 2014 at 04:54 pm

The girls and I are attending FPU again. This is my 3rd time, DD1's second and I'm bringing DD2 because they were supposed to have child care available but didn't have the numbers in children to have a staff member watch them. Another couple brings their 9mth old and if he gets loud they will walk out with him. Everyone is very understanding. They have water, tea and coffee, cookies and brownies. We love getting a little treat. DD2 brings a book and is very quiet.
We enjoy going!

In yesterdays class alot of the people there were surprised by how much money they are spending on food. Just the small day to day outings for lunch. One lady commented that when she goes to the grocery store and pays over $100 on groceries she gets mad at herself because in her head she wasn't wanting to spend that much but if she goes to dinner and spends $100 she's okay with it because it feels like a treat. Another couple mentioned that if they would just take their lunches how much that would help.

After class we went to the grocery store and got stuff for lunches. Last night we packed our lunches and included a snack. As you can tell, I was paying attention in class.

I helped DD1 go over her budget and tweak a few things. She had her gifts and vacation budget a bit high. Other than that everything looked pretty good. She is really understanding how living at home while working and taking college classes helps.

2 Responses to “3rd Time Going Through FPU”

  1. laura Says:
    1411401953


    Just curious why you keep attending? Tune-up for financial management or recreation?

  2. snafu Says:
    1411447940

    Do you find the information given and responses of other attendees at FPU are motivators for actions? Taking lunch has potential for huge savings. Do you have access to a fridge and microwave at work? Would you consider making slightly larger quantities for dinner so that there are left overs or an easy way to remake that dinner into lunch for the following day?

    What a wonderful opportunity for DD1 to fully understand money management while at a young age. I hope you'll share the theme of each class with SA readers

Leave a Reply

(Note: If you were logged in, we could automatically fill in these fields for you.)
*
Will not be published.
   

* Please spell out the number 4.  [ Why? ]

vB Code: You can use these tags: [b] [i] [u] [url] [email]