{"id":2417,"date":"2014-09-06T14:44:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T18:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2014-09-07T15:19:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T19:19:10","slug":"budget-busting-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=2417","title":{"rendered":"Budget Busting Week!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had such high hopes for September, budget wise that is.\u00a0 I discussed in my month end post for August,<\/a> that I was not going to officially join in on any of the challenges for saving in September but did plan to try and save so I could met several of my year long goals.\u00a0 However, at a week into September, I feel like I am already falling behind, my only thought is that maybe the rest of the month will get much more less expensive.<\/p>\n

The first hit that our budget took this week was unplanned medical expenses. Both the girls had eye appointments on Thursday, which were accounted for\u00a0but I have ended up taking Kendall to the pediatrician this week as well as Lily to a dermatologist. On Thursday alone, we spent over $175 on medical expenses, which does not include my dentist\/cleaning appointment that will probably end up costing around $100 after the insurance pays.<\/p>\n

The next hit is in the area of groceries.\u00a0 My plan was to spend less than $100 besides the huge chicken order that I will be placing this week. I had forgotten that I would need to pick up a few last minute things which ended up being almost $80 including a flea collar for the dog.<\/p>\n

Finally, gas, in addition to spending so much on medical expenses by the time we went to three different cities on Thursday, we had put 225 miles on the van. Which means that both the car and van need to be filled this weekend as well. So we will have spent almost half of our allotted gas money for the money in the first week. Yikes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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