Motivation to save

Today I came across Feedthepig.com, a web site dedicated to helping people save money. What I really liked was the Lunch Savings Calculator which shows you how much you can save by packing your own lunch instead of eating out.

Here's a quick example:

Average eating-out lunch price:	$6.50
Average "bagged" lunch price:	$4.00
Bagged Lunches per Month:	20
Savings Interest Rate:	4%
Savings per Month:	$50.00
Savings over five years:	$3,320.00

Not too shabby! Plus everyone knows that packing your own lunch is generally healthier.

Get rich... slowly

In my continued quest to conserve money as I start my new business, I came across another great web site: Get Rich Slowly. This site has a lot of little tips on saving money; such as an article on Healthy food for an Unhealthy Budget (something I am especially interested in) and another one on Handy Personal Finance Spreadsheets (one of which I will be downloading shortly).

Of course, without any income I'm simply trying to go poor slowly. Yesterday my mom helped me organize my file folders and receipts. Today I'm going to attempt to set up QuickBooks and QuickBooks Customer Manager. On Monday I will have some business cards printed up and, at that point, I should finally be ready to begin actively drumming up business.