Budget reality check

Sarah showed up with a shoebox full of receipts and her calculator, claiming she needed to “figure out where all her money went this semester.” Twenty minutes later we’re both sitting on my living room floor surrounded by coffee shop receipts like we’re conducting a forensic investigation.

Budget reality check

Turns out we’ve spent enough at The Grind this semester to buy a decent used car. Sarah’s doing the math with the intensity of someone solving world hunger, muttering things like “seventeen dollars for two drinks and a muffin? What were we thinking?”

When your budget buddy becomes your reality check.

The plan was to create a sensible budget for next semester. Instead we’ve discovered that our coffee addiction might require an intervention. Sarah’s already talking about bringing a thermos from home, but let’s be honest - we’ll probably be back at The Grind by Thursday.