Tell All Tuesday: The Budget Crunch Edition | I've Paid For This Twice Already... http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/09/09/tell-all-tuesday-the-budget-crunch-edition/#comment-47709 paidtwice Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:20:10 +0000 http://www.paidtwice.com/2008/09/09/tell-all-tuesday-the-budget-crunch-edition/#comment-47709 I mean that once all the bills clear, my checking account will have $209 in it, $50 earmarked for gas and $100 earmarked for groceries for this weekend. We get paid again a week from Friday. Our checking account has our emergency fund linked to it and would get pulled from if I had an overdraft (for a fee, of course). For me this works better - if I put the money into my checking account it suddenly becomes "available" in my head and I slip back into some old habits. I mean that once all the bills clear, my checking account will have $209 in it, $50 earmarked for gas and $100 earmarked for groceries for this weekend. We get paid again a week from Friday.

Our checking account has our emergency fund linked to it and would get pulled from if I had an overdraft (for a fee, of course). For me this works better - if I put the money into my checking account it suddenly becomes “available” in my head and I slip back into some old habits.

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