![How Much Money Could You Save If You Didn’t Buy Anything For A Year?](http://townsquare.media/site/675/files/2014/01/51481258.jpg?w=980&q=75)
How Much Money Could You Save If You Didn’t Buy Anything For A Year?
Talk about an extreme New Year's resolution! A woman in London made a resolution at the beginning of 2016 that she wouldn't spend any extra money all year. That's right, she wouldn't buy anything all year, except what she absolutely needed!
What did she spend her money on? She paid her mortgage, bills, insurance, charity, which all added up to about $2300 a month. She gave herself a budget of $43 a week for food and toiletries. That's only $6 a day! No Netflix. No gym membership. No new clothes. No extras at all! How did she do?
Last year she saved $27,000! Not bad! How much did you manage to save in 2016? She says that she used her savings to pay off a huge chunk of her mortgage. Now that her resolution is over, she says she's less likely to splurge on things that she simply doesn't need.
Could you do what this woman did? It seems a bit extreme to me but you can't argue with the results!
[via news.com.au]
More From 98.1 KHAK
![Iowa’s Latest Billionaire Made Their Fortune on the Farm](http://townsquare.media/site/675/files/2017/06/attachment-Untitled-design-80.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![5 Iowa Retail Stores Where You Can Still Write a Check](http://townsquare.media/site/675/files/2024/07/attachment-check.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Iowa State QB Uses Own NIL Money to Host FREE Football Camp](http://townsquare.media/site/675/files/2024/06/attachment-rocco.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Rare $1 Bill Could be Worth Thousands! Here is What to Look For](http://townsquare.media/site/675/files/2024/05/attachment-bill.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Remember This Linn County ‘Castle’ Worth Almost $2.7 Million? [PHOTOS]](http://townsquare.media/site/675/files/2019/09/Photo.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![How Iowans Can File A Claim in a Lawsuit against Wal-Mart](http://townsquare.media/site/675/files/2024/03/attachment-cart.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![How Much Do You Need To Make To Live Comfortably in Iowa?](http://townsquare.media/site/726/files/2023/12/attachment-Money-iowa.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Linn County Man Gets A Massive Payout With Lottery Win](http://townsquare.media/site/711/files/2023/11/attachment-Iowa-Lottery.jpg?w=980&q=75)
![Iowa Parents, You’re Paying The Least Amount In Child Care](http://townsquare.media/site/711/files/2023/11/attachment-Iowa-Least-Expensive-Child-Care.jpg?w=980&q=75)