OK, here's what we did over the weekend...
Saturday 1/29:
Groceries $4
Gas $32.83 (DH filled up)
Entertainment $5.99
Clothing $8.16
Household 99 cents
Donations $39.83 (ingredients to bake cakes, fundraiser tickets, Girl Scout cookies)
Sunday 1/30:
Groceries $8.08 (so we're OVER budget...argh!)
Gas $41.02 (my van was on EMPTY)...also over budget!
Eating out $11.29 (took DS to McDonald's since he got a GREAT report card!)
Registered DS for Little League - $85.00 (OUCH!)
So we are $6.97 over on groceries for the month (not bad!)...$65.90 over on gas! Plus I hadn't even originally had a Donations budget or a Clothing one. Clearly I need to rework the budget for next month. Well, that's what the first month is for, right...figuring it out?
On the plus side, I got the 5 no-buy days I aimed for and today should be no-buy day #6. At least I'm not planning to do anything.
There were some bills we did not have to pay this month that we usually do, because we paid off a few things with a loan and the payments aren't due yet. I also paid off the credit card and we don't intend to carry a balance on it from now on, so that will help. DH gets paid on Friday and we actually have some $ left in the bank at the moment. My plan is to transfer anything "left over" to Savings when the next check goes in. We can always move it back if something comers up but this way at least we'll have something there and growing (however slowly!)
Saturday 1/29:
Groceries $4
Gas $32.83 (DH filled up)
Entertainment $5.99
Clothing $8.16
Household 99 cents
Donations $39.83 (ingredients to bake cakes, fundraiser tickets, Girl Scout cookies)
Sunday 1/30:
Groceries $8.08 (so we're OVER budget...argh!)
Gas $41.02 (my van was on EMPTY)...also over budget!
Eating out $11.29 (took DS to McDonald's since he got a GREAT report card!)
Registered DS for Little League - $85.00 (OUCH!)
So we are $6.97 over on groceries for the month (not bad!)...$65.90 over on gas! Plus I hadn't even originally had a Donations budget or a Clothing one. Clearly I need to rework the budget for next month. Well, that's what the first month is for, right...figuring it out?
On the plus side, I got the 5 no-buy days I aimed for and today should be no-buy day #6. At least I'm not planning to do anything.
There were some bills we did not have to pay this month that we usually do, because we paid off a few things with a loan and the payments aren't due yet. I also paid off the credit card and we don't intend to carry a balance on it from now on, so that will help. DH gets paid on Friday and we actually have some $ left in the bank at the moment. My plan is to transfer anything "left over" to Savings when the next check goes in. We can always move it back if something comers up but this way at least we'll have something there and growing (however slowly!)