The Rules:
1. For every impulse buy item that you resisted buying, put a coin into the Lottery Jar.
2. For every household chore completed, put a coin into the Mall Jar.
3. For every bad word spoken, put a coin into the Cussin’ Jar.
4. For every time you deposit into your savings account, put a coin into the Retirement Fund.
If these jars were in your home, which jar would get filled up first?
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
Plain_Jane_Too
June 14, 2007 at 12:29 am (17 years ago)My forced-savings modus-operandi is I better have a $-for-$ deposit for every $ I spend shopping, e.g. if I spent $500 for a purse, I better make sure I deposit $500 in a savings account. If I can’t match the $-for-$ dictum, I can’t afford to shop so I stay home or just window-shop! It works.
Cat
June 14, 2007 at 1:19 am (17 years ago)I would have to say that for the past years, it was the retirement jar.
But all that money is going to the property now so I’m guessing… the cussin jar?
It can’t be the lottery jar cuz I just bought 3 books by Lesley Pearse last weekend even if I had so many more books to read. My reasoning? Because her books are hard to find and when I do find them, there’s usually just one book per title! Needless to say, I paid the books by credit card!
Meeyagirl
June 14, 2007 at 1:32 am (17 years ago)of course, for all the chores i complete everyday, mall money! 😀
Maria
June 14, 2007 at 1:55 am (17 years ago)So, Toni, are these your jars? Where did you find them? They’re awesome! maria
pinayhekmi
June 14, 2007 at 4:17 am (17 years ago)I would probably fill up the household chore completed jar first!
This is such a great idea!!!!!
Tessa
June 14, 2007 at 5:08 am (17 years ago)Mall money, hehehehe….bili kasi ng books atsaka dvds, yun nga lang I think maka-classify ko na ring mall ang tsangge ng “dibidi”. Well, in our country at least. Nice, this is a great idea to save for future expenses. Very good, thanks for this tip Toni!!
abby
June 14, 2007 at 8:51 am (17 years ago)i’d hafta say Mall money and Retirement money. although i was thinking more along the lines of “I wish I had Mall and Retirement Money” hehe.
can i get these jars somewhere? i thought if i have them staring at me and making me guilty i’ll be compelled to at least “feed” it. 😀
Mae
June 14, 2007 at 11:00 am (17 years ago)it would be a tie between lottery jar and cussin’ jar (taht’s IE fault, mainly! hehe)
tin
June 14, 2007 at 11:04 am (17 years ago)mine would be the retirement and mall jars! this is a great idea, toni! where did you get them?
JO
June 14, 2007 at 11:57 am (17 years ago)mine would be 2, 1, 3 and 4! really need to start saving for our retirement…
kaoko
June 14, 2007 at 12:13 pm (17 years ago)Cussin’ jar! Food isn’t the only thing spicy in my life. My language is peppered with cusses as well, unfortunately. I think it’s the industry I work in. ^_^;;
Love your jars, btw.
May
June 14, 2007 at 1:24 pm (17 years ago)The Lottery Jar, then the Mall Jar, hehe. I like Plain_Jane_Too’s take on forced-savings. I should do that every time I get the urge to shop!
Lisa
June 14, 2007 at 2:12 pm (17 years ago)Either the lottery or the cussin’ jar, definitely.
P.S. Love the jars. Where’d you get them?
Aubrey
June 14, 2007 at 2:53 pm (17 years ago)Hi Toni. The jars are so cute, where did you get them?
cookie
June 14, 2007 at 3:39 pm (17 years ago)Definitely the mall money jar. Then maybe the cussin jar. Now because of the lottery money jar my retirement fund jar hardly ever gets anything.
Love the jars…maybe I should do that at home
mika
June 14, 2007 at 4:49 pm (17 years ago)i’d fill up 1 and 4 fast, and hubby would fill up 3. haha.
those jars look amazing! where’d you get them?
Nyree Belen
June 15, 2007 at 7:18 am (17 years ago)I’d say the lottery jar. Too many impulse buying of books! 😛 Thanks for sharing this Toni, an innovative way to save up
And I agree, those are great jars!
fionixe
June 15, 2007 at 12:59 pm (17 years ago)haha~ it would be the Lottery Jar ! I always wanted to buy something but always resisted in buying them. namamahalan kasi ako minsan.
lady cess
June 15, 2007 at 9:01 pm (17 years ago)the mall jar 😀
hazel
June 17, 2007 at 5:07 pm (17 years ago)that’s cute! haha i’d probly fill up the 1st and last jar first.
i make it a point a deposit a certain amount to savings (for both us couple’s and for my son’s) every payday so… i’m pretty sure there’s constantly something there.
I rarely go shopping nowadays and i usually am very very careful when shopping unless i just had a great big bonus or won the lottery (which never happened hehe)
i’d love to know where you got that… interesting if my theories on which jar would fill up first is true haha
Lani
June 18, 2007 at 6:12 pm (17 years ago)For me, it’s the mall money jar. Dami household chores ang dakilang ina at asawa eh, hehehe.
beabear
June 18, 2007 at 10:07 pm (17 years ago)mine would be #2 and #4 😀
betcha
June 26, 2007 at 11:22 am (17 years ago)hi toni where did you get those cute jars?