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Wednesday, February 25, 2009

The challenges are winding down....sob....

Oh you know the old cliche - "All good things must come to an end."
And there unfortunately is no exception with our February Frugality Challenge.


So as we wrap up the game to find our Savvy Shopping and Frugality Queen,
here's your 3rd to last challenge:

For Thursday, Feb 26th, let's find out how many points you have.


I know this will take some backtracking, but I want to make sure my records match with yours.
So....tally up your points for Thursday's Challenge.


It'd be helpful if you could document kind of like this:
ie-
toilet paper challenge: 1 point
no bottled water challenge: 1 point
turn off a light challenge: 15 points

Tallying up your points will earn you 15 points!
Include Thursday's Challenge in your updated points.

ALSO...I know this is coming a bit late, but I have some point changes to make for 1 of the challenges.

The points for the shorter shower challenge were awarded weirdly, and I think rather than awarding those who generally take extremely long showers, we should award this way instead-

If your shower was:
less than 1 minute: 10 points
1 minute: 9 points
2 minutes: 8 points
3 minutes: 7 points
4 minutes: 6 points
5 minutes: 5 points
6 minutes: 4 points
7 minutes: 3 points
8 minutes or more: 2 points
I apologize for this, but think this may be a bit more fair.
Feel free to bring up your beef with me if you may have any.

5 comments:

Danielle said...

I like the change in the shower points! Even though I usually take longer showers, I felt bad for those that always take short showers and then had no way of getting points. Off to count points...

Jenni said...

Feb 2: Toilet Paper→1 pt
Feb 5: Weekend Fast→10 pts
Feb 8: No Midnight Snack→2 pts
Feb 9: Walk Not Drive→8 pts
Feb 10: Only Water→3 pts
Feb 11: Brown Bag→6 pts
Feb 12: Dark Ages→15 pts
Feb 13: Save Reciepts→45 pts
Feb 15: No Makeup→24 pts
Feb 16: Short Shower→2 pts
Feb 19: Spare Change→41 pts
Feb 22: Percentage Off→106 pts
Feb 25: Garbage→15 pts
Today’s Challenge→15 pts

Total: 293 pts

Kristine Gray said...

Referral-1 pt
Toilet Paper-1 pt.
Give up bottled H2o-1 pt
Make Valentines-3 pt
Organize Spices-3 pt
Weekend Fast (heat)-16 pt
No Snack-2 pts
Walk Not Drive-4 pt
Only H2o-3 pt
Brown Bag-8 pt
Dark Ages-15 pt
Save Receipts-45 pt
Beauty Products-24 pt
Shorter Shower-5 pt
No Heat-30 pt
Sell Your Stuff-15 pt
Spare Change-25 pt
Percentage off msrp-60 pt
Gardening-4 pt
Grocery Sacks-10 pt
Tallying-15 pt

TOTAL- 290 points

Lindsay said...

Referral - 6.5
TP - 0
H2O - 1
VDay - 3
Spice - 3
WBC#1 - 15
kCal - 0
Walk - 13.2
Drink - 0
Brown Bag - 0
Lights - 15
WBC#2 - 45
Products - 24
Shower - 8
Temp - 15
Sale - 30
WBC#3 - 38
%Save - 51
Garden - 6
Garbage - 5
Tally - 15
Total - 293.7

Lindsey said...

referals: .5
TP: 1 pt
bottled water: 1 pt
love notes: 0
weekend give-up: 15
spices: 3
night snacking: 0
walking: 0
water only: 3
packing lunch: 3
lights: 15
no product: 24
shower: 9
heat: 30
sell stuff: 60
extra change: 29
reduce price: 70
go green: 16
trash: 15
point challenge 15

total: 314