Okay, so in an effort to curb my full-time spending on a part-time pay, I am going to monitor every expense for at least one month and provide a comment/justification for each one. Hopefully, this will get me thinking about spending the money before it actually happens.

Today

Parking at the train station $4.20

Comment: Can't really be avoided, but I collect my change all the time and use it.

Coffee and a muffin $6.05

Comment: Complete rip-off. Worst coffee I've had in a long time and I threw it away. The muffin wasn't bad, but meh.

Newspaper $1

Comment: I really didn't need it - I get The Age at home, but my train was late ... Okay, no excuse, no more tabloid-y papers.

[UPDATE]

Bag of pretzels $1.60

Comment: Ummm ... I was bored?

Whew. So, $12.85 already wasted and the day is not even done. At least I brought my lunch to work today, so no wastage there.

One day down, 29 to go.