Haha, nono
Severe budgeting every month. I literally do my budgets months in advance and do my best to stick to them as strictly as possible. It does mean that I can't just randomly spend money here and there, which sucks, but at least it means I get the most out of my money (CE-wise at least!)
As of now, I've budgeted all the way to September 2013. Albeit a rough budget for next year as I don't know what games/movies will have CEs coming out, but at least it's a start
I'll just alter it as I go along
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