April Budget

DH's love for Excel is rubbing off on me....I've made a budget spreadsheet for the year and for each paycheck. We've got Quicken but I don't like the budget part so much, so I made my own. I know DH could do so much better, but for now mine will work for me. DH has his own fancy shmancy spreadsheet on his computer that he likes but it's way too complicated for me!!

I'm estimating that we'll be able to pay $1500 - $1700 to the Visa in April! Woo hoo! That's including Easter and saving some money for Christmas, along with all the other bills for the month. I've got every dollar assigned right now but you know how life is....there are always variables that you can't count on....Baby's Mom might not bring him a day or two, utilities might be higher or lower, etc. We have done the budget for this next paycheck but not the budget for the month. I've got to find out how many family birthdays we have next month, we also are going to buy some school pictures...those little things.

I also offered a while ago to give my friend a baby shower. She decided (with her mom) that she'd just combine all the baby showers since she lives in another state and will only be here for a week or so. So - the small, intimate, friend shower I offered to give has blossomed into friends, Her family, His family, and anyone else she knows here. Fortunately, her mom has kind of taken over planning the shower but I might be in charge of the invites. Which, I'm guessing, her mom will also take over because she wants them out by tomorrow and that won't happen if I am in charge! I can't get to a store to buy the paper, etc. til Friday night or Saturday when I have a car. And it's yet another thing that I need to figure out how that will fit in the budget. Hmmmm......

Anyway...I'm constantly amazed that managing our money has enabled us to find money to pay for bills, clothes, food, house, tithing, etc.,.......AND pay a bunch towards debt. Awesome! Our money has a purpose now and it seems to go a lot further this way. I've got such a rocker-awesome hubby. He's been so great during this whole journey and I'm so grateful for him....he's my rock star!