Get Outta Dodge Fund

Everyone should have one really.  It is our emergency/moving overseas/unknown factor fund.  Money that goes in there isn’t being pulled out without a can opener.  Something that is not likely to happen without us getting really desperate.  So far we haven’t been pushed to that extremity. 

This is outside the budget.  When we receive a gift of money we don’t have immediate use for or we get unexpected cash it ends up in the can.  Out of sight means out of mind and we forget the money as soon as we tuck it in there.  We haven’t much of a clue as to how much/little money sits in that mysterious bank.  As a result we can’t calculate what it could buy and aren’t so motivated to spend it on some whim of a want.

Where did we find such a clever little can?  Dollarama, naturally.  This is one of those items you don’t need to dish a lot of money out on.  We paid $1.25 since we wanted to put more money in it than on it.  As you can see it didn’t start out so pretty…

Not that there is anything wrong with the Maple Leafs (or perhaps there is a lot wrong with them), but they just don’t match our décor.  Five minutes with some lovely wrapping paper given to us by an incredibly thoughtful friend who went way out of his way to find us the perfect present and then went beyond to wrap it so charmingly (perhaps I do expect he’ll read this and recognize the paper) and a splash of paint later we have our much more attractive can.  Cheap and easily customizable.  Love it.