{"id":1778,"date":"2014-01-10T08:58:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T13:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=1778"},"modified":"2014-01-09T19:55:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T00:55:39","slug":"budget-and-traveling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=1778","title":{"rendered":"Budget and Traveling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two weeks ago, I had just signed up to be part of Carla’s challenge<\/a>\u00a0of Low\/ No Spend January. You can see the goals I set here<\/a>.\u00a0 However just a few short days later we decided to make a trip to Michigan to visit family.\u00a0 After looking at the goals again, I am going to see if I can at least manage to achieve a couple prior to the end of the month. Since I definitely don’t have an update today, I am going to talk a little about our travel budget instead.<\/p>\n

Because this is a trip that we had not initially budgeted for, we felt very strongly that we needed to set and stick to a budget. January is one of the two months this year that I will receive an extra check, so this was part of the basis for the budget.\u00a0 I am excited to say that even after paying for the new tail lights on the van that were needed because of our wreck that we are $50 under budget!!!! I have decided that this will be placed in our auto fund to meet one of the low spend goals of the month!<\/p>\n

Here is a breakdown of our spending:
\nGas and tolls\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $350
\nHotel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $285
\nFood\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $185\u00a0 (We were treated to several meals by family, but also took with us several meals to reheat. We also packed lots of drinks and snacks)
\nBronner’s\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 $115
\nReplacement parts $106<\/p>\n

Total Spent $1050 for a 4 day trip!\u00a0 I am so proud that we stuck to our budget!<\/p>\n

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