Twittering every penny that I spend in 2009.
Posted on January 5th, 2009 – 6:05 PMBy Kara McGuire
I must admit I was a Facebook late adopter. But now that I see the value of that site, I decided it was time to try Twitter.
Why would anyone want to read short messages about what I am doing, I wondered. Who wants to know that I am sneaking candy from my kids’ stockings or checking out the CVS forum at hotcouponworld.com, debating whether I can stay up long enough to watch Top Chef, or starting my taxes already?
After signing up for an account last year and looking like a twit for not Twittering (sorry, couldn’t help myself), I decided to give the site a whirl…big time.
I’ve decided to twitter every penny I spend in 2009 for all to see.
Hope you’ll follow along. http://twitter.com/kablog
Now why would I do that?
Simple. People are always curious about how others spend their money. Yet many in our society consider it rude to ask “how much did you spend on that?” So people make guesses and assumptions about their friends and colleagues instead and try to keep up with the Joneses when they have no idea of the Joneses true financial picture.
So I’ve decided that I’ll let people see how much money I spend every day.
I will log the amount spent on both discretionary and non-discretionary items for 2009. But I’m not making my husband participate in this experiment, which is why you didn’t see we spent around $15 to see Valkyrie on Friday (I don’t even know the actual price).
Who knows? Maybe I’ll drive myself and my followers crazy. Or mayebe we’ll all learn something.
8 Responses to "Twittering every penny that I spend in 2009."
What is your Twitter address? Thanks!
You’re still using your stimulus Cub giftcards? I went through mine by November.
Since it’s not in the post, the follow is http://www.twitter.com/kablog
Kara: I stopped using it for three months to take advantage of the 5 percent cash back on groceries from my Discover card.
following you now! can’t wait to see how much money you’re blowing! 
Thanks Robin!
I think the real news here is that you guys actually went to the theater to see Tom Cruise deadwood his way through a role as an eye-patched Nazi. Hasn’t he become a parody of himself by now? I’ll want to know if that $15 isn’t your biggest regret purchase of 2009!
I just want to know where you daycare. I’m hugely jealous…
Robin: It’s tuition for a 5 yo and 3 yo at a private montessori school in St. Paul for the afternoon session plus some after care. When I was paying for full day tuition, our bill was twice our mortgage.
ok, that makes me feel much better, since we’re at 1200 for fulltime for a 13 month old. I’m told that drops as they get older, thank goodness.
