Showing posts with label budgeting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label budgeting. Show all posts
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Update on the $70 challenge
It's been a few days since my last challenge update. I had $58.66 to spend for the rest of July.
Yesterday I got $17.99 in rebate checks! Rebate money goes back to the grocery budget. So I now have $76.65! That's more than I started the challenge with!!
I also spend $11 at Wal-Mart today but it was on a gift card so no money was taken out of the budget! Woohoo!
Yesterday I got $17.99 in rebate checks! Rebate money goes back to the grocery budget. So I now have $76.65! That's more than I started the challenge with!!
I also spend $11 at Wal-Mart today but it was on a gift card so no money was taken out of the budget! Woohoo!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
So just how did I do at the yard sale? And what am I spending the money on?
Grand total from last Saturday's yard sale:
$282.45!
How are we spending it?
$16 of it was from selling some of my scrapbook supplies so it goes in my pocket!
$5 was from selling drinks (canned sodas and bottled water). I sold 9 drinks and gave away 2. Since I only pay $4 per 12pk of sodas, I made a profit off selling drinks. This $5 went right back into the grocery budget.
So that leaves us with $261. I put 10% in the offering plate last Sunday, put a little extra on our credit card payment this month, my husband order him some new contact lenses, I bought a new phone yesterday (needed because my son broke some of the buttons off mine!) and started a "fun day" fund so if the little one and I want to go out for ice cream or go to the zoo (we have a membership so all it costs us at the zoo is the price to ride the train!) or have some other frugal fun, I have a stash of money. I've committed to adding $5 to the "fun day fund" every week.
What little is left will just go into our "bank account cushion" - money that's there but I try not to spend.
$282.45!
How are we spending it?
$16 of it was from selling some of my scrapbook supplies so it goes in my pocket!
$5 was from selling drinks (canned sodas and bottled water). I sold 9 drinks and gave away 2. Since I only pay $4 per 12pk of sodas, I made a profit off selling drinks. This $5 went right back into the grocery budget.
So that leaves us with $261. I put 10% in the offering plate last Sunday, put a little extra on our credit card payment this month, my husband order him some new contact lenses, I bought a new phone yesterday (needed because my son broke some of the buttons off mine!) and started a "fun day" fund so if the little one and I want to go out for ice cream or go to the zoo (we have a membership so all it costs us at the zoo is the price to ride the train!) or have some other frugal fun, I have a stash of money. I've committed to adding $5 to the "fun day fund" every week.
What little is left will just go into our "bank account cushion" - money that's there but I try not to spend.
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