Not much to report today...still waiting for the gas and cell phone bills to come in before we can pay more to debt. I think we should be able to pay about another $500 to the credit card which will bring us to $837 or so for this paycheck. We still have one more paycheck this month....not too bad!
This weekend we had THREE birthday parties and one baby shower to go to! It was an expensive weekend - even with frugal buying. It was also another paycheck for household items...laundry soap, bath soap, hand soap, kid's bath soap, foil, saran wrap, treats for the soccer team, etc.
I REALLY hate to admit it but I could have done a little better with the grocery money this week. I went to Walmart with the intention of buying the birthday gifts and bought the household things while I was there. Well...I was in a hurry by the end of the shopping trip so I wasn't adding purchases up and debating the priority of each purchase when I put it in the basket even though I stuck to my list. I don't really NEED the 2-liters of Coke Zero that I bought....I'll have to pony up for those out of my $10 allowance. Oh well...what do you do. I'm still trying to shape my behaviors so I'll do better next time. Next month we will be putting a bunch of money to the "Household" envelope which will be nice to not have to take out those purchases from our food budget.
BTW...having two cars this weekend was AWESOME! DH went to work on Saturday and I ran all the errands - soccer games, baby shower, birthday party - we stayed at the birthday party til it was over because DH could drive himself home from work when he was done! Such a simple pleasure but definitely was not taken for granted!
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Ive been reading here for a few days now, and I like that youre making your budget crunching public. Keep up the good work.
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