No Spending Tracker
By Mrs Money on October 10, 2008 – 10:40 pm -
Here’s my spending so far for No Spending Month. We’re about a third of the way through the month and it’s been a pretty tough month! Here’s where I’ve spent my money so far:
- Mortgage: $960.00 (about $6 extra to principal)
- Home Depot $28.67 (paint for hallway)
- Kroger $3.89 (Diet Coke for my boss)
- Verizon $72.66 (cell phone bill for us)
- Student Loan $99.57
- Library $15
- Costco $2.81
- Costco $63.74 (dog food, fish, sorbet)
- Meijer $46.15 (groceries)
- Rainbow Blossom $2.89 (health food store-flour to make bread)
- Water Company $28.00
- Car $13,500
- County Clerk $827 (taxes for new car)
- Credit card $140 (bill for gas)
I will have to say I am really impressed with my ability to control my spending. I haven’t bought anything frivolous or unnecessary. Of course, I think we bought more groceries than we needed, but at least I didn’t spend the money on stuff. I’ve been doing a lot of reading and cooking, and the cooking occupies my time and saves us money. I hope I can do this well for the rest of the month!
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October 12th, 2008 at 1:37 pm
You are doing so well. Congrats. I look forward to reading more.
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October 13th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Thanks, Carmen! I am really trying. It’s been a lot harder than I thought!
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September 23rd, 2009 at 6:05 pm
[...] Spend Month”. Needless to say, it didn’t go as well as I had hoped, and I spent $13,500 more than I had planned on spending. Um, yeah, I’d say we failed miserably. So after feeling like we’ve had unnecessary [...]
September 23rd, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I just have to say I thought it was kind of funny how you were having a no spending month, but spent $13,500 on a car. ;-) I noticed the rules didn’t say you couldn’t buy a *car* so you were within the guidelines. :-) teehee
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Mrs Money Reply:
September 24th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
I was so mad when my car died that month. I was driving a 1994 Oldsmobile Achieva. It was the total “Grandma car”. I would have driven that thing forever if it hadn’t died!
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